Zelenskiy’s G7 Abandons Joint Ukraine Statement Says Diplomacy in Crisis
Kananaskis, Alberta – Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy has given new aid in the host country’s war with Russia on Tuesday, but there is no shared support from members or a chance to meet with U.S. President Donald Trump.
Mr. Trump expressed support for Russian President Vladimir Putin and left early to resolve the Israel-Iran conflict in Washington, with wealthy G7 countries struggling to find unity in Ukraine conflict.
A Canadian official told reporters that Canada revoked the G7’s strong statement on the Ukrainian war after the U.S. resistance, a Canadian official told reporters.
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said Ottawa will provide Kiev with 2 billion Canadian dollars ($1.47 billion) in new military aid and impose new financial sanctions.
Mr Zelenskiy said he had told G7 leaders that “the diplomacy is in a state of crisis now” and said they need to continue calling on Mr Trump to “use his real influence” in posts on his telegram account to force the war to end.
Although Canada is one of Ukraine’s most vocal defenders, its ability to help it far exceeds the United States, Kiev’s largest arms supplier. Mr. Zelenskiy has said he hopes to talk with Mr. Trump about getting more weapons.
After the summit at the Rocky Mountain Resort area in Kananaskis, Mr. Kaney issued a presidential statement summarizing the deliberations.
“G7 leaders expressed support for President Trump’s efforts to achieve just and lasting peace in Ukraine,” the statement said.
“They recognize Ukraine’s commitment to an unconditional ceasefire and they agree that Russia must do the same. G7 leaders are keen to explore all options in all options to maximize pressure on Russia, including financial sanctions.”
Canada holds the spinning G7 presidency this year. Other leaders do not need to sign on the G7 chair.
“Things that some people, including Canada (including Canada) will say in the Chairman’s summary,” Mr. Carney said at a closing press conference.
Mr. Trump did agree to a panel statement issued on Monday calling for a resolution of the Israel-Iran conflict.
“In view of the excellent, fast moving situation of Iran, we have issued a declaration,” Kahni said. “We focus on specific ones. I take this (Ukraine) as my summary of the president.”
A European official said the leaders stressed the efforts of the Trumps toward Russia, and Mr. Trump seemed impressed, although he did not like sanctions in principle.
Three European diplomats said they had heard signals from Mr. Trump that he wanted to put pressure on Putin and consider the U.S. Senate bill drafted by Senator Lindsey Graham, but he had not promised anything.
“I am returning to Germany with caution, that is, in the United States, the decision to impose further sanctions on Russia will also be made in the next few days,” said German Chancellor Friedrich Merz.
The G7 leaders agreed with six other statements, namely immigration smuggling, artificial intelligence, critical minerals, wildfires, transnational suppression and quantum computing.
Kremlin says G7 looks “useless”
Mr Trump said on Monday that he needed to return to Washington as soon as possible due to the situation in the Middle East, and the attacks between Iran and Israel escalated the risk of wider regional conflict.
White House officials said Tuesday that Mr. Trump explained that he returned to the U.S. because it would be better to hold a high-level National Security Council meeting in person, rather than by phone.
Arriving at the summit, Mr. Trump said that the then eight groups were wrong to be expelled from Russia after Putin ordered the occupation of Crimea in 2014.
The Kremlin said on Tuesday that Mr. Trump was right and said the G7 was no longer important to Russia and looked “quite useless.”
Many leaders had hoped to negotiate a trade deal with Mr. Trump, but the only deal signed was the finalization of the U.S.-UK deal, announced last month. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent stayed at the summit after Trump left.
Mr Carney also invited non-G7 members Mexico, India, Australia, South Africa, South Korea and Brazil, who tried to place alliances elsewhere and diversify Canada’s exports from the United States.
Mr. Kaney warmly welcomed his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi on Tuesday after two years of tension between Canada and India. – Reuters
