The G7 this Sunday issued a resounding warning to Russia by warning that it will suffer “enormous consequences and a high cost” if it carries out any military aggression against Ukraine.
In a formal statement after meeting this weekend in Liverpool (northern England), the foreign ministers of the world’s most developed democracies say they are united in their condemnation of the accumulation of Russian troops along the border with Ukraine and urge to Moscow to “de-escalate” the situation.
“Russia should have no doubt that a new military aggression against Ukraine would have enormous consequences and a high cost in response,” said G7 members: the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Italy, the United States, Japan and Canada, plus the European Union.
The alliance calls on Russian President Vladimir Putin to “de-escalate, resort to diplomatic channels and respect its international commitments in transparency of military activities”, just as the US President, Joe Biden, asked him in his video call last 7 from December.
The G7 also reaffirms its support for the so-called Normandy Format, which brings together Russia, Ukraine, France and Germany and whose mission is to ensure that the Minsk Accords are implemented, which in 2014 ended the war in the eastern Ukrainian region of Donbas. .
“Any use of force to alter borders is strictly prohibited under international law,” underlines the statement from the seven richest liberal democracies.
The group, which held its last meeting in Liverpool under the British presidency before it passes to Germany in 2022, “reaffirms its unwavering commitment to the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Ukraine” and also praises Kiev’s “restrained position” in this contentious.
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