G7 refrains from final statement about Ukraine ‘after VS pressure’

The countries together for the G7 summit in Canada apart on Tuesday from a joint statement about the war of Russia against Ukraine, because the United States wanted to weak too much. Canadian media report this based on a Canadian official. The US would have objected to powerful use of language with regard to Moscow, because President Donald Trump did not want this to influence his assets to achieve a ceasefire.

The absence of a support to Ukraine is a remarkable change of course for the G7: In 2024, Ukraine was mentioned 53 times in the final statement of the top in Italy. Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney, the host of the top, had « a just and sustainable peace for Ukraine and other conflict areas » in advance as a priority. On Tuesday, the Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zensky joined the top, in the holiday resort of Kananaskis in the Rocky Mountains; Secretary-General Mark Rutte of NATO was also present.

Even after his early departure on Monday evening, Trump continued to control Washington the day earlier because of the conflict between Israel and Iran-the G7 summit. This also applied in other areas, such as trade. During his return flight, he told journalists on board the presidential aircraft Air Force One that the European Union Washington should offer a « good deal », otherwise the EU would be confronted with higher rates.

Although the US finance minister Scott Bessent and trade representative Jamieson Greer remained in Canada, the focus was weakened without Trump. Chairman of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen, who had a maintenance with Trump on Monday in the margin of the top, said that the goal is still to reach an agreement before higher mutual rates come into force on July 9, after a ninety days’ break. « It’s complex, but we are making progress, » she said.

Brief statements

The remaining leaders tried to show on the final day of the three -day top that the club of rich industrialized countries is also as a kind of ‘G6’ ready to tackle global problems. They issued brief statements in the field of critical minerals, among other things: an ‘action plan’ in that area should lead to alternative supply chains for those raw materials, such as lithium, cobalt and rare earth metals, to reduce China’s dominance.

In total, six of such thematic explanations were issued, including in the field of artificial intelligence, human smuggling and forest fires. Carney declined a long, comprehensive final statement before the top, as usual with the G7. It seemed unlikely that unanimity could be achieved on this; the last time the top was held in Canada, in 2018, After his departure, Trump withdrew American support to the final statement And he took it to the then Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.

Like Zensky, on Tuesday leaders of a number of other non-member states of the G7 joined the top (the G7 consists of the US, Canada, the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Italy and Japan). For example, Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese announced that the country is starting the EU about a joint venture in the field of safety and defense.

Phone call

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum would meet Trump for the first time on Tuesday – the main point of her visit. Instead, she had a « very good » telephone conversation with the president from Canada, she wrote on X. Trump has set import duties on some Mexican products, including steel and aluminum, and places requirements for the neighboring country and immigration.

And Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi came to Canada for the first time since a fierce diplomatic riot between the two countries. It revolves around accusations that India would be behind the murder on a leader of the Sikhs in Canada in 2023, who was committed to an independent state for the Sikhs in India, KHALALISTAN. Both countries had their ambassadors recalledbut have now decided to restore diplomatic relations.

However, the G7 countries, including the US, issued a statement in which they condemn « all forms of transnational repression, from threats to physical violence. »

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