Key Takeaways
- The G7 countries are working on a joint statement on Ukraine, but several countries disagree with the US position.
- Several countries, including Canada, do not agree with the US position on the conflict, particularly the resolution brought up at the UN.
- The joint statement is a significant diplomatic effort to agree on a common position on the Ukraine conflict.
Kyiv: Canadian Foreign Minister Melanie Joly said that the G7 countries were still working on a joint statement on Ukraine, noting the disagreement of several countries with the US position on the conflict.
“We’ve been working, indeed, with Europeans and Americans, we are still having some conversations,” the minister said at a briefing broadcast by CPAC. “Canada and other countries do not agree with the position that the US advocated at the UN, particularly the resolution that they brought up.”
She added that in the three and a half years that she has been the foreign minister, she cannot recall such an “intense” situation in terms of diplomatic efforts to agree on this document.
Bloomberg, citing sources familiar with the situation, previously reported that the G7 countries might not agree on the text of the statement on Ukraine on Monday due to disagreements between the US and European countries; Washington was threatening to withdraw support for the entire document, not just individual formulations.
