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Montevideo, May 15th 2025 - 23:16 UTC

Tag: G7

  • Tuesday, February 4th 2025 - 05:24 UTC

    G7 members condemn Rwanda backed offensive in East Congo and attack on UN peacekeeping effort

    “G7 Foreign Ministers call for the rapid, safe and unimpeded passage of humanitarian relief for civilians and reiterate humanitarian personnel must be provided assurances of safety.

    Seven foreign ministers gave a statement condemning the Rwanda-backed M23 offensive in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo and the capture of Minova, Saké and Goma, endangering civilians and attacking UN peace keeping forces. Uruguayan forces, which are part of the UN peace keeping efforts, have suffered several casualties.

  • Saturday, October 12th 2024 - 10:16 UTC

    IMF goes easier on heavily indebted countries such as Argentina

    “I'm pleased to announce that the Executive Board has reached a consensus on a reform of IMF charges and surcharges,” Georgieva stressed

    The International Monetary Fund (IMF) announced Friday a series of cuts on overcharges to countries heavily in debt, which, albeit moderate, could benefit Argentina among other nations. Such an initiative had been resisted in the past by Washington and other G7 nations but things have changed considerably at a global level.

  • Wednesday, July 31st 2024 - 20:30 UTC

    International community underlines lack of transparency in Venezuelan elections

    The Carter Center is yet to publish a final report on the Venezuelan 2024 elections

    The international community keeps harboring doubts as to the authenticity of the rsults for the Venezuelan presidential elections announced in Caracas by the National Electoral Council (CNE) on Sunday. A joint statement was issued Wednesday in this regard by the foreign ministers of the seven countries making up the G7, arguably the strongest nations from an economic viewpoint which also enforce democratic principles while the Carter Center, one of the observers participating in the process, admitted it could not be considered “democratic.”

  • Monday, June 10th 2024 - 08:30 UTC

    Lula attending G7 Summit this week

    It will be Lula's eighth G7 Summit although Brazil is not a member of the group

    Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva will be attending this week's G7 Summit in Borgo Egnazia at the invitation of Prime Minister Georgia Meloni with a mission to focus on social inclusion and climate change, Agencia Brasil reported.

  • Monday, May 22nd 2023 - 09:27 UTC

    No Lula-Zelensky meeting in Hiroshima after all

    Lula did pledge to support the African Union joining the G20, though

    In the end, Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva did not get together with his Ukrainian colleague Volodymyr Zelensky during the weekend as they were both attending the G7 Summit in Hiroshima as guests. “I think he was disappointed,” Zelensky said Sunday in an ironic tone. The meeting was officially requested by Ukraine on Friday (19/5).

  • Saturday, May 20th 2023 - 11:26 UTC

    G7 Summit in Hiroshima: Stronger sanctions declared against Russia, Zelensky's presence expected

    German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said Berlin wanted pragmatic measures to prevent the circumvention of sanctions imposed on Russia.

    The leaders of the Group of Seven, G7, major industrial countries on Friday vowed to tighten sanctions on Russia. During talks in the Japanese city of Hiroshima, they vowed: “to stand together against Russia's illegal, unjustifiable, and unprovoked war of aggression against Ukraine.”

  • Saturday, May 20th 2023 - 10:43 UTC

    Lula, Japanese PM discuss bilateral trade and climate change

    After Kishida, Lula met with Indonesian President Joko Widodo

    Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva met Saturday in Hiroshima with Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida ahead of the G7 Summit to discuss further cooperation between the two countries, Agencia Brasil reported. Both leaders agreed to expand bilateral trade and combat climate change, among other issues.

  • Monday, April 17th 2023 - 22:58 UTC

    G7 foreign ministers working for consensus on a possible escalation of China/Taiwan conflict

    Japanese Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi said they ought “demonstrate to the world the G7's strong determination” to defend the “international order based on the rule of law.”

    China became a controversial topic in discussions on Monday as the foreign ministers of the Group of Seven (G7) major economies gathered in Japan for a second day of talks, with the European Union divided as to how react to a Taiwan major conflict.

  • Friday, February 24th 2023 - 10:29 UTC

    G7 Ambassadors issue joint statement on anniversary of Russia's invasion of Ukraine

    “The Russian Federation has deliberately used energy and food as weapons, knowingly accepting that the entire population around the world would suffer...” the G7 ambassadors in Argentina wrote

    To mark the first anniversary of Russia's military deployment in Ukraine, all G7 ambassadors to Buenos Aires issued a joint statement condemning President Vladimir Putin's move and reiterating their countries' full support to Kyiv.

  • Thursday, August 4th 2022 - 09:58 UTC

    Pelosi's visit: G7 and EU call on China not to use force in the Taiwan dispute

    Speaker of the House of Representatives and third in the US line of US presidential succession has been greeted with all honors and spontaneous support in Taiwan

    The announced threatening actions by the People's Republic of China, particularly live fire exercises and economic coercion risk unnecessary escalation in the Taiwan Strait,” points out a joint statement released on Wednesday by the foreign ministers of G7 countries and the High Representative of the EU.

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