(Washington Composite Electric) The Seventh Kingdom Group (G7) promised to gradually get rid of the dependence on Russia's energy, including gradually reducing or prohibiting the import of Russian oil.
France, Canada, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom and the United States leader, and Ukrainian President Zeleziski issued a joint statement after holding a video conference to emphasize that it will gradually reduce dependence on Russian energy to ensure that all countries are enoughTime find alternative energy supply.
The White House said that this will seriously crack down on the Russian economy and prevent Russian President Putin from obtaining funds to fund the Ukraine War.
The West has close coordination in the previous rounds of sanctions on Russia, but has failed to move simultaneously in sanctions on oil and natural gas.The United States is not the main consumer of Russian energy, and has previously announced that it has banned the import of Russian energy.Europe has a lot of dependence on Russia's oil. The EU's goal is to reduce the dependence on Russia's natural gas by two -thirds this year, and the member states continue to negotiate fiercely.
TheG7 statement also attacked Putin's "no advice" neighbors, making Russia and the Russian people ashamed.The statement also said: "Russia violates rules -based international order, especially after World War II, which is formulated by the UN Charter to avoid futures."
Japanese Prime Minister Kishida Kishita said at the G7 conference on Monday that Japan's "in principle" prohibits the import of Russian crude oil, but it takes time to gradually implement.
Kishida Wenxiong shows that this is a very difficult decision for Japan, a highly dependent country of imported energy. "However, the unity of G7 is the most important at this moment."
Refinitiv data from Financial Data Technology Company shows that since mid -April, Japan has stopped importing oil from Russia.In April, Russia exported about 1.9 million barrels of oil to Japan, a third of the same period last year.Russia was the fifth largest supply of oil and liquefied gas in Japan last year.
Canadian Prime Minister Trudeau was interviewed on Sunday evening on Sunday evening that the world can do its best, including sanctions on Moscow for many years to ensure that Putin cannot win in the Russia and Ukraine War.
Trudeau said: "Putin must understand that the West is definitely determined to fight his actions. He chose to invade Ukraine to cross the red line, and countries around the world will do their best to ensure that he loses this war."
Britain and the United States announced a new round of sanctions on Russia
Trudeau's Sunday suddenly visited Kiev and met with Zeelianzki.Trudeau announced on the same time that it would provide new weapons and arms for Ukraine and reopen in the embassy of Kiev.
In addition, the United States and the United Kingdom announced a new round of sanctions on Sunday, of which the United States first listed the Russian Natural Gas Industry Bank (Gazprombank) as the object of sanctions.
The United States has also announced sanctions on three Russian television stations, prohibiting Americans from providing accounting and consulting services to Russians, and implementing approximately 2,600 visa restrictions on Russia and Beros.
Britain announced a series of measures such as imposing import tariffs on Russia's precious metals and implementing export prohibitions.All or or part of the import and export products affected by new sanctions are more than 4 billion pounds (about S $ 6.83 billion).The British Minister of Trade Trivilia said: "This far -reaching sanctions will cause further damage to the Russian war machine."
