Karuizawa, Japan (EFE) nuclear.
“We condemn Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine, which is a serious violation of international law. Russia must withdraw all its forces and equipment from Ukraine immediately and unconditionally,” stated the joint statement adopted today at the end of the Foreign Affairs meeting that the Group of Seven held in the Japanese city of Karuizawa.
The foreign ministers of Japan, Germany, Canada, France, Italy, the United Kingdom and the United States said that they will provide “sustained” support to Kiev in terms of “security, economic and institutional”, according to said text, where they also commit to intensify sanctions. against Russia and do it in a coordinated way.
In this sense, the foreign ministers proposed applying the sanctions through a “coordination mechanism”, a process that they approved in November 2022 in order to help Ukraine defend and repair its infrastructure and that includes financial support. , humanitarian, political, technical and defense.
The text signed today also refers to third countries that are providing assistance to Russia’s war and threatens “serious costs” for those who are circumventing or undermining the sanctions imposed by the group on Moscow.
“We are determined that Russia’s sovereign assets in our jurisdictions remain immobilized until there is a resolution of the conflict that addresses Russia’s violation of Ukraine’s sovereignty and territorial integrity,” the text continued.
The G7 would seek that Russia “pay for the damage caused”
The G7 would seek Russia to “pay for the damage caused” and also severely criticized Russia’s nuclear rhetoric and its announcement to deploy nuclear weapons in Belarus, something they called “unacceptable.”
“Any use of chemical, biological or nuclear weapons by Russia will have serious consequences,” warned the Group of Seven, at whose meeting the European Union was also represented as usual.
The statement also notes that “there can be no impunity for war crimes and other atrocities, such as attacks on civilians and critical civilian infrastructure,” as well as the deportation of citizens, including children, or rape.
The discussions in these days in Karuizawa and the final text signed today will serve as the basis for the agenda of the G7 leaders’ summit scheduled for May 19-21 in Hiroshima, the Japanese city that was the first in history to be attacked with an atomic bomb in 1945.