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Ukraine's Zelenskiy courts 'Global South' at G7 summit

Published May 19, 2023 06:14PM ET Updated May 20, 2023 06:47PM ET
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By John Irish and Sakura Murakami

HIROSHIMA, Japan (Reuters) -Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelenskiy held talks with India's Narendra Modi on Saturday and was due to meet other "Global South" leaders at a Group of Seven (G7) summit aimed at broadening support for his country in its war against Russia.

The three-day G7 meeting in the Japanese city of Hiroshima has already agreed new sanctions on Russia and measures to stand up to what it called China's economic coercion, drawing the ire of Moscow and a complaint to the summit host Japan from Beijing.

Flown in from an Arab League summit on a French government jet, Zelenskiy, wearing his customary olive green fatigues, was warmly greeted by G7 leaders and held talks with Modi as part of a series of meetings with non-aligned countries in attendance.

Zelenskiy said on the Telegram message app that the two discussed Ukraine's needs concerning mobile hospitals and the removal of land mines and that he had invited India to join Ukraine's peace formula.

Modi's Twitter account posted a photo of the two shaking hands, noting he had told Zelenskiy of India's readiness to continue humanitarian help for the people of Ukraine and its backing for "dialogue and diplomacy" to seek peace.

Modi, whose country forms the so-called BRIC group alongside Brazil and China, has not distanced itself Russia. Its oil deals with Russia are seen as undermining Western sanctions by allowing Russia to continue benefiting from energy revenues.

India's fuel purchases from Russia were not discussed in Saturday's meeting, India's foreign secretary, Vinay Kwatra, told reporters. New Delhi says it is defending its own interests in buying Russian oil.

A French presidential source told reporters Brazil's Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva would also meet Zelenskiy in Hiroshima.

European officials said it was crucial that Zelenskiy came in person first to Friday's Arab League summit in Saudi Arabia and now to the Hiroshima gathering so that he could outline Ukraine's view of how the war with Russia can be ended.

"I think this is a unique opportunity to (have) exchanges with a lot of countries from the south and express your situation, express a message and share a view," French President Emmanuel Macron said.

"I do believe it can be a game-changer."

RUSSIAN, CHINESE IRE

G7 nations - the U.S., Japan, Germany, Britain, France, Italy and Canada - are grappling with the challenges posed by Russia's invasion of Ukraine and tensions with China, including over Taiwan, the self-ruled island Beijing claims as its own.

On Friday, the leaders announced new measures aimed at hitting the Russian economy and promised further military support, including backing by U.S. President Joe Biden for Ukrainian pilots to be trained to fly F-16 fighter jets.

Worried by the outsized role China now plays in supply chains for everything from semiconductors to critical minerals, the G7 issued a communique that set out a common strategy towards future dealings with the world's second-largest economy.

They warned that countries attempting to use trade as a weapon would face "consequences", in a signal to Beijing over practices Washington says amount to economic bullying.

"We are not decoupling or turning inwards. At the same time, we recognise that economic resilience requires de-risking and diversifying," they said. "A growing China that plays by international rules would be of global interest."

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Saturday that the decisions taken by the G7 showed they were bent on what he called the "double containment" of Russia and China.

"The task was set loudly and openly - to defeat Russia on the battlefield, but not to stop there, but to eliminate it as a geopolitical competitor," Lavrov said.

A Chinese foreign ministry statement accused the G7 of interfering in its internal affairs, including Taiwan. It said it had lodged stern representations with summit host Japan.

"It is important to remind the G7 that the days when a few Western countries colluded to manipulate the world are over," China's embassy in Japan said in a statement later in the day.

The summit is intended to win consensus among the world's rich democracies on a range of issues, political and economic.

The G7 acknowledged differences on how to manage the rapid development of artificial intelligence technology, saying that "the common vision and goal of trustworthy AI may vary" but calling for consensus on global technical standards.

While they reaffirmed existing net-zero emissions targets in the fight against climate change, they said in their communique that investment in the gas sector could be temporarily appropriate as countries phase out reliance on Russian energy.

A month ago, a communique after a previous G7 meeting noted that fossil fuel subsidies were "inconsistent" with the goals of the Paris Agreement on climate change.

"Faced with the urgent need to phase out fossil fuels, what leaders have brought to the table represents an endorsement of new fossil gas," Tracy Carty, Global Climate Politics Expert at Greenpeace International, said in a statement.

Ukraine's Zelenskiy courts 'Global South' at G7 summit
 

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Brad Albright
Brad Albright May 21, 2023 7:21AM ET
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Modi sees the light: "“For me, this is an issue of humanity and humanitarian values."
Mark Jannetty
Mark Jannetty May 21, 2023 7:21AM ET
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start a go fund me. not the responsibility of taxpayers to fund Bidens war
Jake Vee
Jake Vee May 21, 2023 7:21AM ET
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He should be chastise in the US for destabilizing Ukraine then.
Nm Nm
Nm Nm May 20, 2023 5:16PM ET
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Daniel Avina
Daniel Avina May 20, 2023 3:39PM ET
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🤣🤣🤣🤣
Brad Albright
Brad Albright May 20, 2023 3:39PM ET
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You must be a genius.
Jake Vee
Jake Vee May 20, 2023 3:39PM ET
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If we’re using use the bar to measure against I completely concur.
Jake Vee
Jake Vee May 20, 2023 3:39PM ET
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using you as the bar that is haha
jamie
jamie May 20, 2023 3:33PM ET
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I believe Russia has right reason that need to stop eastern power from their neighbor, like US did the same in Cuba. This former comedian leader is doing comedy in real politics now. Ukraine has the worst leader in wartime. He pushed his people into war and playing like a puppet of western and a few riches.
James King
James King May 20, 2023 1:46PM ET
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Japan is the most winner in this G7 as it has successfully won well over $20 billion investment from TSM, MU, IBM, AMT etc. on advanced semiconductor research and manufacture. It also convinced US to have Japan to develop its own defense/offense weapon system instead of buying from US. The only thing it has tried very hard without success is getting apology from US on nuclear Japan in world war II. No doubt Japan will soon revive its semiconductor industry and inevitably become  one of the dominate force in world again. The major gain of US is getting more verbal confirmation from other 6 against China and Russia.
Brad Albright
Brad Albright May 20, 2023 1:46PM ET
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Japan is a country of smart and decent people, rich in cultural beauty, it would be great to see them prosper.
James King
James King May 20, 2023 1:46PM ET
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Brad Albright  Please read the history, Japan army was the only army to slaughter Australia and British surrounded soldiers to feed its army in Pacific war during world war II. Japan is also the only country ruthlessly steal attached US in Pear Harbor. Japan is also the country which killed the most American during world war II. Japan has tried to buy out US in 1980s before US take the measures to smash Japanese semiconductor industry.
Brad Albright
Brad Albright May 20, 2023 1:46PM ET
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I am aware of Japan's history. It's in the past.
Jake Vee
Jake Vee May 20, 2023 1:46PM ET
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I bet you feel the same way about slavery in the us too right brad?
Warm Camp
Warm Camp May 20, 2023 12:14PM ET
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Global wokeism, aka leftwing ideology slightly disguised by talk about climate and democracy, presents much bigger threat to the planet than Russia or China.
Brad Albright
Brad Albright May 20, 2023 12:14PM ET
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Okie dokie.
Maximus Maximus
Maximus Maximus May 20, 2023 11:11AM ET
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there's is right, and there's wrong.. britain's opium wars, for profit, against china were wrong, americas war, for oil, against iraq was wrong, russias war, for territory, against ukraine is wrong...
Brad Albright
Brad Albright May 20, 2023 11:11AM ET
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Agreed. Although in the minority for a while, a significant portion of Americans have protested against US military adventurism when it occurred. Those of is who did are happy to see the US correctly morally oriented currently and we recognize Russia's transgressions as equally abhorrent.
Brad Albright
Brad Albright May 20, 2023 11:11AM ET
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No, enlightened. But thank you for bringing to our attention that those who support Russia do so without a conscience.
Jake Vee
Jake Vee May 20, 2023 11:11AM ET
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You’re so enlightened that you don’t even know the history of Ukraine and how America started this war in 2014 under the Obama administration but you’ll sit here and run your mouth about it as if you’re educated.
Chang YC
Chang YC May 20, 2023 10:56AM ET
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Xi and Putin are the core enemies of the human being currently...If Russian and Chinese people are to  progress and develop, they must demolish two dictators by themselves. Reply  9  9 Report Warm Camp 3 hours ago For sure, Xi and Putin are bad guys. However, this does not qualify all their opponents automatically as good people. Some of the folks on opposite side of the aisle are bad guys too. ============== If someone confront with bad guys, he or she is good people at that moment at least.
Brad Albright
Brad Albright May 20, 2023 8:31AM ET
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This has the America haters very agitated. Dazed and agitated.
Dave Jones
Dave Jones May 20, 2023 8:31AM ET
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Yeah just like your illustrious leader, brandon. Maybe he'll know how to get off the stage this time if he has enough helpers to guide him.
Dave Jones
Dave Jones May 20, 2023 8:31AM ET
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Hopefully he'll avoid soiling himself as well. Double bonus!
Brad Albright
Brad Albright May 20, 2023 8:31AM ET
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Can't wait to see him close an umbrella. Now, back to the immorality you defend...
Jake Vee
Jake Vee May 20, 2023 8:31AM ET
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Really easy to hold stupidly, absurd points of view, and then pretend that they’re valid because you have some false sense of moral superiority. All the while you don’t even have facts about what’s going on. Astounding.
Chad Richer Than You
Chad Richer Than You May 20, 2023 7:47AM ET
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“Democracies” lol
 
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