Countries “Big seven” supported the extension of sanctions against Russia.
The seven leading industrial countries of the West are going to extend sanctions against Russia.
“I believe that it is too early to give the command “abort”. While one should not expect position changes, which have guided us in recent months,” said German Chancellor Angela Merkel (Angela Merkel) at the summit “the big seven” in Japanese national Park ISE-Shima on Thursday, may 26.
Merkel stressed that the lifting of sanctions imposed by the EU against Russia will depend on the progress of settlement in the East of Ukraine. “In the coming weeks we must make every effort to achieve substantial progress in stabilizing the political process. In the East of Ukraine is now no large-scale fighting, but there is no stable truce”, – noted the German Chancellor.
Angela Merkel said that in the final communiqué of the summit “the seven”, which will be published following the meeting on 27 may, will be confirmed, the position agreed in the previous summit, held in the Bavarian castle ELMAU year ago. Then the countries “the seven” was again condemned Russian annexation of Crimea and have threatened Russia with tougher sanctions if “her actions call for it”.
After the annexation of Crimea in 2014 the country’s “big seven” have imposed sanctions against Moscow, was expelled Russia from the “big eight” and returned to the format of “seven”. This summit in Japan – the third since the exception of Russia.
