Four top officials from the participating G7 countries said on Thursday that the United States is opposed to referring to Russia as the aggressor in a statement being prepared to mark the second anniversary of Russia’s full-scale invasion. The British objections to the declaration come after President Donald Trump earlier this year attributed the battle to Ukraine, which in fact started with Russia’s assault on Ukraine.
The first draft of the speech was distributed to the other six G7 member nations, according to a G7 standard. According to the official, that variant used language that retained the pro-Ukraine tone that the team of allies adopted following the country’s full-scale war in February 2022. The official said that the US side reviewed that first review this week and removed all possible pro-Ukraine links. The official continued,” A natural draft speech was produced that made no mention of Ukraine or Russia as the target of the war.”
Officials are continuing to work on the speech in the document, which now describes” a devastating war that began with Russia’s war of Ukraine” but does not use the words” Russian anger” or “aggressors”, which have been in G7 comments since 2022, senior European and European authorities said. Another top official from a G7 country added that the negotiations over the text may persist until Monday, when it is scheduled to be released.
Similar to last year, the official said, it is not yet known whether the G7 leaders may encourage Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to the meeting, as they did last year.
The National concerns come after Zelensky and Trump engaged in a heated exchange of insults. The US senator has authorized delegations to meet with Russia without the presence of Ukraine or other European countries and has pledged to try to put an end to the conflict as quickly as possible.
According to one official, the Americans even desired to cut passages that referred to the war as a violation of independence. Strong protection offers and Ukraine’s inclusion into the Union are currently included in the draft’s speech, which states that it is crucial to” securing a lasting peace that prevents future anger.” Conversations are continuing, so the last speech is still to be determined. The senator walked out of a conference meeting in Quebec last year when Canada was the G7 seat, angry about the last joint statement’s language regarding trade.
