Leaders from the Group of Seven nations agreed to new sanctions on Friday that they said would “starve Russia of G7 experience, industrial gear and firms that assist its battle machine”.
(Clockwise L to R) France’s President Emmanuel Macron, Japan’s Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, US President Joe Biden, Germany’s Chancellor Olaf Scholz, Britain’s Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, European Payment President Ursula von der Leyen, European Council President Charles Michel, Italy’s Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni and Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau attend a working lunch meeting firstly of the G7 Leaders’ Summit in Hiroshima on May 19, 2023.(AFP)
The measures, launched at a summit in Hiroshima, embrace restrictions on exports of issues “vital to Russia on the battlefield”, along with ones specializing in entities accused of shifting supplies to the doorway for Moscow.
