Divide the Seven group on the new closing declaration

Kaya Callas, head of the European Union foreign policy, said on Thursday that she was optimistic about the Agreement of Foreign Ministers of the seven of seven on a joint declaration, but warned that there had been a long night of talks and that certain points still need an effort, while the approach of President Donald Trump towards Moscow led to the division of the Rich Democrats Club.

“If we cannot reach an agreement on the closing declaration, this indicates the division. It is not in the interest of any of the seven members,” said Callas to Reuters on the sidelines of the external ministers of the seven group in Canada, adding that there is a good formulation on Ukraine so far, and he hopes to remain so.

The groups of the group, which include Great Britain, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan and the United States, are concerned about Trump’s return to the White House and its approach to Russia and impose trade costs on allies and competitors.

A Canadian American meeting

Before the meeting, Canadian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Melanie Jolie, met her American counterpart Marco Rubio, the most eminent responsible for the Trump administration to visit Canada since the return of the Republican President to the White House in January.

Rubio and Jolie hugged his hand and sat down next to them, and they were behind the American and Canadian flags. He did not answer journalists’ questions.

In the official opening of the ministerial meeting of the seven group, Jolie expressed her hope of finding ways to continue the support of Ukraine in the face of what she described as illegal Russian aggression.

“We all want to see a fair and permanent peace in Ukraine,” she said.

For his part, Rubio said that he wanted to avoid the group of seven “hostilities” towards Russia, since this would hinder diplomacy that could end the war which claimed tens of thousands of people.

Since Trump took the power of his predecessor, Joe Biden, American statements have often referred to the “Russian conflict” Russian “and not to” the invasion “of his neighbor’s Russia in 2022 as he involved in his name.

Trump also shocked his allies and prompted Europeans to accelerate the discourse on a defensive future without Washington, after Ukrainian President Volodimir Zellinski Bold did not show “gratitude” in the United States and suspended vital aid to Kev.

Rubio has arrived in Canada from the city of Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, where Ukrainian officials met and agreed with a 30 -day truce proposal with Russia.

While kyiv accepted the American proposal two days ago, Rubio said: “We are all looking forward to the response of” Russia, stressing that “the ball is now at its stadium”.

Russian President Vladimir Putin expressed support for a ceasefire on Thursday, but said he wanted to discuss the issue with Trump, confirming that there are “serious” questions that are still stuck.

Disagreement

The diplomats have reported a contrast between the United States and the six countries on the closing declaration, but the group seeks to find a formulation which can reach a consensus such as the support of the cease-fire proposal.

German Minister of Foreign Affairs Analina Perbuk warned that “peace in Europe will only be through harshness”.

“What is the advantage of a cease-fire which then led to more suffering, destruction and war in Europe, after two or four years?”

“I really want to confirm that if Russia wants to end this war, it can stop bombing Ukraine and that this war will end,” the European Union Kaya Callas’s foreign policy agent told CNN.

While Rubio was in Canada, Trump renewed his controversial positions against Ottawa. He told journalists in Washington that Canada “is only valid as an additional American state.”

“It will be the most wonderful country in the world. If you look at the card, you see that they have drawn an artificial line between Canada and the United States.”

Trade at each meeting

On Wednesday, the Ministerial Meeting of the Group of Seven is in parallel in Washington, imposing 25% fees on steel and aluminum imports, which called for an immediate response from the largest trade partners in the United States.

The European Union and Canada rushed to reveal counters worth billions of dollars, while France confirmed that it was “determined to respond” after Trump threatened to impose a 200% tax on imports of wine, champagne and other alcoholic drinks.

Pretty said that she intended to raise the issue of customs tasks in “each meeting” of the seven group.

Regarding Calis, she considered that China, that Trump ranked the first competitors in the United States, benefited from the Washington Trade War against its allies.

“In the end, consumers end up paying more.”