G7 summit plans massive pressure on Putin as concerns about China grow
Created: 06/24/2022, 09:13 am
By: Bedrettin Bölükbasi
The G7 summit in Elmau will also deal with Putin's attack on Ukraine.
The pressure on Russia should probably be increased.
Elmau — The G7 summit in Elmau begins on Sunday 26 June.
The G7 presidency lies with Germany.
In Schloss Elmau, the G7 participants will discuss political, economic and social issues.
One of the main topics will undoubtedly be the Ukraine conflict.
The US now apparently wants to use the summit in Elmau to initiate new measures against the aggressive war of the Russian ruler Vladimir Putin.
This is intended to increase the pressure on the Kremlin.
However, China and concerns about its aggressive actions in the economy are also part of the agenda.
Vladimir Putin and the Ukraine war will also be the focus of the G7 summit in Elmau.
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G7 summit 2022 in Elmau: USA wants new measures against Russia because of the Ukraine war
According to the White House, the US wants to put more pressure on Russia because of the Ukraine invasion.
From the American point of view, the G7 summit obviously offers a good opportunity for this.
In Elmau, a senior US official said they wanted to "roll out a number of specific proposals to increase pressure on Russia and demonstrate our joint support for Ukraine
.
"
However, the official did not say exactly what measures are being considered.
In addition to other topics, the agenda would also include the consequences of the war on price increases and on energy and food security worldwide.
The Russian war in Ukraine has “galvanized” US global partnerships, the news agency quoted another US official as saying.
In addition, according to the German Press Agency
, a US government official emphasized
that Russian President Putin had failed in his plan to split NATO through his war of aggression against Ukraine.
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However, the Ukraine war is not the only major issue that the heads of state and government of the seven largest industrial nations in the world want to discuss.
China is also likely to occupy an important place on the G7 agenda.
The war in Ukraine hasn't caused China to lose its eye, a US official said, according to
Reuters
.
In fact, the opposite is now the case.
Accordingly, the expectation is that G7 participants in Elmau will deal with China's "economic coercive measures," the official announced.
In recent years, these measures have become even more aggressive.
The G7 would also "promote the vision of a world based on freedom and openness, not on coercion, not on aggression and not on spheres of influence," the US government official said.
Extensive security measures were taken in the Elmau area for the G7 summit.
(bb with dpa)
