G7 Summit in Hiroshima: Solidarity with Kiev

2023-05-20 08:55:00, Kosova & Bota CNA

Meanwhile, Japan has announced the participation in the G7 summit of the Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelensky, in the consultations with the world's leading economic powers. Zelensky holds talks at the G7 summit - also with the Japanese Prime Minister, Fumio Kishida. A meeting with the American president, Joe Biden, is also planned. According to the US national security adviser, Jake Sullivan, the US president is happy to meet face-to-face with President Zelensky. Talks are also taking place about the international coalition of fighter jets for Ukraine. Zelensky travels to Japan for the first time since the beginning of the war. Japan supports Ukraine's defensive war, but due to a pacifist constitution does not send weapons to the country.

G7 Summit in Hiroshima: Solidarity with Kiev

Solidarity with Kiev

Even from the second G7 summit after the start of the war in Ukraine, a clear signal of solidarity with Ukraine emerges. German Chancellor Olaf Scholz stated on Friday that "we have assured once again that we will support Ukraine as long as it is necessary - with humanitarian means, with financial means but also with arms supplies." As expected, the leaders of the most industrialized countries announced new sanctions against Russia. The goal is to block Russia's access to technologies from the G7 states related to the arms industry and various services that can support the war machine. G7 countries to restrict trade in Russian rough diamonds. Russia is considered the largest producer in the world.

Debate topic - China

It is not certain whether the atmosphere of bargaining will remain, when discussing trade with China, the US and Europe have different positions. Chancellor Scholz tried, however, to demonstrate unity and made the deal clear: "No one is asking for China's disengagement from world trade."

Due to the competition with authoritarian states, the states of the 7 most industrialized countries of the world want to strengthen the resilience of their economies. "The world is facing a worrying increase in cases of economic coercion aimed at exploiting economic weaknesses and dependencies," said a G7 summit statement released Saturday at the summit of heads of state and government in Hiroshima, Japan. The G7 warns of "consequences" if economic pressure is used.

G7 Summit in Hiroshima: Solidarity with Kiev

Countries like China are not mentioned by name, but it is mentioned that the G7 will protect itself from economic dependencies being used as weapons. This will not only aim for more independence from the supply of raw materials, but also in the field of new technologies and their development. The high technologies of the G7 countries will not be used to develop military capabilities that threaten world peace. The G7 countries will take measures to prevent the use of dual goods, ie goods that are for civilian purposes, but can also be used for military purposes.

The US announced at the G7 summit in Japan a joint statement of the member countries for a unified course of action against China. It is about more independent supply chains and cooperation in some sectors of countries that are heavily dependent on China. The anticipated agreement aims to "progressively protect sensitive technologies such as export controls and foreign investment measures," US national security adviser Jake Sullivan said./ DW