“Today we are taking further steps to ensure the failure of Russia’s unlawful aggression against the sovereign state of Ukraine and to support the people of Ukraine in their quest for a just peace based on respect for the international law,” the leaders said in a statement released by their summit, which kicked off in the Japanese city of Hiroshima on Friday.
The conflict in Ukraine and growing concerns about China’s growing international power are high on the agenda of the meeting of leaders of the group’s countries, namely the United States, Japan, Germany, China. Great Britain, France, Italy and Canada, Japan.
The leaders said they were “reaching out” to other countries to avoid the flow of their goods and technology to Russia via third countries, an issue that has become of greater concern to member states and Europe.
G7 members want to crack down on any circumvention of sanctions that would allow more Russian revenue.
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