Ukraine’s chief was denied a gathering along with his strongest ally, after Donald Trump left the summit a day early.
The Group of Seven summit in Canada has ended with out leaders issuing a joint assertion in help of Ukraine, as Ukrainian chief Volodymyr Zelenskyy warned that “diplomacy is now in a state of disaster”.
The summit of main industrial democracies, which wrapped up within the Canadian Rocky Mountain resort of Kananaskis late on Tuesday, had been meant to showcase unity on main international points.
However not like in earlier years, when the group had collectively denounced Russian “aggression” in opposition to Ukraine, this time it was unable to difficulty an announcement in help of the embattled Western ally, in an indication of rising variations inside the group amid escalating international crises.
Zelenskyy met the leaders of Canada, the UK, France, Germany, Italy and Japan, together with NATO chief Mark Rutte, on the ultimate day of the convention. Nevertheless, a gathering with the chief of the group’s strongest member, the US – President Donald Trump – didn’t happen after he left the summit a day early to deal with the escalating hostilities between Israel and Iran from Washington.
Zelenskyy mentioned after the assembly that he had informed the remaining G7 leaders that “diplomacy is now in a state of disaster”, and requested them to proceed calling on Trump “to make use of his actual affect” to press for an finish to the conflict, in accordance with a put up on his official Telegram account.
Assertion on US resistance retracted
A Canadian official initially informed reporters on the sidelines of the summit that plans for a joint assertion on Ukraine had been dropped after assembly resistance from the US, which needed to water down the content material, information companies reported.
However Emily Williams, a spokesperson for Canada’s prime minister, later retracted the briefing assertion and mentioned “no proposed assertion concerning Ukraine was distributed to different leaders”, companies reported.
A Canadian official mentioned there had by no means been an try and difficulty a joint assertion on Ukraine due to Trump’s needs to proceed negotiating with Russian President Vladimir Putin, the AFP information company reported.
“It was clear that it could not have been possible to seek out detailed language that every one G7 companions may conform to in that context,” the official mentioned on situation of anonymity.
Trump had underlined the variations in views in the direction of Russia inside the group on Monday, when he mentioned it had been a mistake to expel Moscow from what was previously the G8 in response to its invasion and annexation of Ukraine’s Crimea in 2014.
Canada pledges army help
Zelenskyy had arrived on the summit calling for help from Ukraine’s allies, and declaring he was prepared for peace negotiations.
“We’re prepared for the peace negotiations, unconditional ceasefire,” he mentioned. “However for this, we want strain.”
He left with a pledge from Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney to offer 2 billion Canadian {dollars} ($1.47bn) in new army help for Kyiv, in addition to to impose new monetary sanctions on Russia.
Ukraine’s Zelenskyy, left, and Canadian PM Carney on the G7, June 17, 2025 (Suzanne Plunkett/AP Photograph)
Trump did conform to a bunch assertion earlier than his departure, calling for a decision of the Israel-Iran battle. The assertion, issued on Monday, backed Israel, calling Iran the principal supply of regional instability and terror, and asserting that Israel has the appropriate to defend itself.
The assertion known as for a “de-escalation of hostilities”, regardless of some bellicose social media posts from Trump hinting at larger US army involvement within the battle.
