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India, which as chair of the Group of 20 (G20) economies was hosting a meeting in the city of Bengaluru, was reluctant to raise the issue of the war but Western nations insisted they could not back any outcome that did not include a condemnation.
The lack of consensus among G20 members meant India resorted to issuing a “chair’s summary and outcome document” in which it simply summed up the two days of talks and noted disagreements.
(03.12.2022)
“This is an eight decades long relationship and we will continue to assess relations with Saudi Arabia methodically and strategically, and in line with what’s in our interests,” one official said in a statement.
“We will judge the way forward based on their actions as well as our ongoing consultations with partners and allies, the new Congress, and the Saudis.”
Senior diplomatic officials shared with i24NEWS that the Gulf state is looking to normalize relations with Israel, but that this will take time.
„The direction of Saudi-Israeli relations is normalization, but it will take more time and we must not put the cart before the horse.“ So said Saudi Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Adel Al-Jubeir in a meeting held in recent weeks with members of the American Jewish community (AJC), as revealed in an official document obtained by i24NEWS.
During a virtual meeting, the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries and the Russia-led bloc—a group collectively known as OPEC+—decided to maintain production cuts of 2 million barrels a day, initially agreed to in October, OPEC said.
Oil-producing alliance OPEC+ agreed on Sunday to keep its same production targets, dealing another setback for the U.S. and western allies seeking to curb high gas prices.
OPEC and non-OPEC oil producers could impose deeper oil output cuts on Sunday, energy analysts said, as the influential energy alliance weighs the impact of a pending ban on Russia’s crude exports and a possible price cap on Russian oil.
OPEC+, a group of 23 oil-producing nations led by Saudi Arabia and Russia, will convene on Sunday to decide on the next phase of production policy.
It comes after the EU agreed on the price cap after persuading Poland to back it.
The price cap was put forward by the G7 group of nations in September and aims to stop Moscow profiting from oil exports while avoiding a price spike.
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Q Mr. President, is it too early to say whether this missile was fired from Russia?
THE PRESIDENT: There is preliminary information that contests that. I don’t want to say that until we completely investigate. But it is — I — it’s unlikely, in the minds of the trajectory, that it was fired from Russia. But we’ll see. We’ll see.
Q Mr. President, has Poland suggested invoking Article 4 or 5 from NATO, sir?
THE PRESIDENT: The consensus is we’re going to probably have a meeting of the — of the — of the ambassadors. So that’s — it looks like we’re going to go do next.
Thank you.
As deadly Russian airstrikes continued into a second day, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Tuesday asked the Group of 7 nations to help his country establish an “air shield” against aerial attacks.
Zelensky’s plea comes amid one of the fiercest bombing campaigns that Russia has waged against Ukraine since invading in late February. At least 19 people have been killed and more than 100 wounded across the country, as far away as the western city of Lviv, hundreds of miles from the war’s main theaters in eastern and southern Ukraine.
Energy analysts have been highly skeptical about the integrity of the proposal, however, warning the policy could backfire if key consumers such as China and India are not involved.
Oil prices were higher on the news.
(08.07.2022)
Auf ihrem Treffen im November wollen die G7-Innenminister:innen Druck machen, damit Firmen mit Filtertechnologien nach sexualisierter Gewalt gegen Kinder suchen. Treiber ist Großbritannien, das mit einem Gesetz voranprescht. Auch Verschlüsselung ist davon betroffen.
President Nicolás Maduro: “I would tell President Macron: Venezuela is ready to receive all the French companies that want to come to produce gas and petrol for the European market, for the global market. You are welcome to come whenever. The road is paved. We are prepared, ready and happy to do it.”
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„There are resources elsewhere that need to be explored,“ a French official said on the sidelines of a G7 summit in Germany, when asked about how to alleviate high oil prices.
Oil rose $2 a barrel on Monday on the prospect of even tighter supplies loomed over the market as the Group of Seven nations promised to tighten the squeeze on Russian President Vladimir Putin’s war chest while actually lowering energy prices.
(27.06.2022)
„I had a call with MbZ,“ Macron was heard telling U.S. President Joe Biden on the sidelines of the G7 summit, using shorthand for UAE leader Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed al-Nahyan. „He told me two things. I’m at a maximum, maximum (production capacity). This is what he claims.“
„And then he said (the) Saudis can increase by 150 (thousands barrels per day). Maybe a little bit more, but they don’t have huge capacities before six months‘ time,“ Macron said.
(24.06.2022)Der Generalsekretär der Piratenpartei, Stephan Erdmann erklärt:
„Durch die Verschlüsselung der einzelnen CryptPads kann die Polizei mit den gesicherten Daten faktisch nichts anfangen. CryptPad ist ein mit EU-Fördermitteln entwickeltes Zero-Knowledge-Projekt. Grundsätzlich ist es so konzipiert, dass Informationen bezüglich Nutzerdaten und Inhalten auch von administrativer Seite aus nicht festgestellt werden können. Das hätte die Polizei auf Nachfrage in wenigen Minuten erfahren können.“
Dr. Patrick Breyer, Europaabgeordneter der Piratenpartei ergänzt:
„Die nicht zielführende Beschlagnahmeaktion passt ins Bild allgemein tiefer Grundrechtseinschränkungen am Ort des Gipfels. Ein Ort wird lahmgelegt, friedliche Demonstrationen weitestgehend verboten, Grenzkontrollen wieder eingeführt, vermutlich massenhaft Kfz-Kennzeichen gespeichert und mit Überwachungstechnologie wie Drohnen und fehleranfälliger Gesichtserkennung gearbeitet. Auf der Grundlage des maximal repressiven bayerischen Polizei- und Versammlungsrechts wird ein Ausnahmezustand geschaffen, der Grundrechte missachtet. In einer Demokratie sollten wir den Mächtigen mit einem gesunden Misstrauen begegnen, nicht der Staat seinen Bürgern mit Generalverdacht.“
US-Präsident Joe Biden ist zum G7-Gipfel in Deutschland eingetroffen. Die Präsidentenmaschine Air Force One landete am Samstagabend am Münchener Flughafen, wo Biden vom bayerischen Ministerpräsidenten Markus Söder begrüßt wurde. Anschließend stieg er für den kurzen Flug zum Gipfelort Schloss Elmau in den Hubschrauber Marine One um.
Das gab Selenskyj heute via Twitter bekannt. Der G-7-Gipfel wird Ende Juni in Bayern tagen, die NATO direkt danach in Madrid.
1. Today, on 8 May, we, the Leaders of the Group of Seven (G7), alongside Ukraine and the wider global community, commemorate the end of the Second World War in Europe and the liberation from fascism and the National Socialist reign of terror, which caused immeasurable destruction, unspeakable horrors and human suffering. We mourn the millions of victims and offer our respect, especially to all those who paid the ultimate price to defeat the National Socialist regime, including the western Allies and the Soviet Union.
2. Seventy-seven years later, President Putin and his regime now chose to invade Ukraine in an unprovoked war of aggression against a sovereign country. His actions bring shame on Russia and the historic sacrifices of its people. Through its invasion of and actions in Ukraine since 2014, Russia has violated the international rules-based order, particularly the UN Charter, conceived after the Second World War to spare successive generations from the scourge of war.
„My trip is a clear political signal that Germany and the European Union will continue and intensify their engagement with the Indo-Pacific region,“ Scholz said after meeting Prime Minister Fumio Kishida.
Kishida said he and Scholz agreed that as members of the Group of Seven industrialized nations they share a responsibility to work together to end Russian aggression and restore peace, stability and international order as quickly as possible.
Deutschland führt momentan die Gruppe der sieben wichtigsten Wirtschaftsnationen (G7). Ein Besuch der Mitglieder ist in der Zeit der Präsidentschaft üblich. Aber auch jenseits der Formalien will der Bundeskanzler mit dieser Reise ein Zeichen setzen. Es ist seine dritte Auslandsreise außerhalb Europas und die erste nach Asien. Und die führt nicht, wie bei seinen Vorgängern Angela Merkel und Gerhard Schröder, zuerst nach China – sondern nach Japan. Beide Regierungen vereinbaren, im nächsten Jahr Regierungskonsultationen aufzunehmen. Die gibt es in Asien bisher nur mit China und Indien.
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said that Germany is studying the list of weapons requested by Ukraine and plans to „find out what can be supplied quickly.“
„The lists include anti-tank weapons and air defense weapons,“ Scholz told reporters in Berlin on Tuesday following a video conference with U.S. President Joe Biden and other G7 leaders.
Watch live coverage of a news conference with President Biden from Brussels.
President Biden said that Russia should be removed from the G20 group of industrialized and developing nations because of the country’s invasion of Ukraine, but said that if the member nations do not agree to the measure, then Ukraine should be allowed to participate in the group’s meetings in the future.
(22.03.2022)
The U.S. official, speaking to reporters on condition of anonymity, shared Biden’s assessment but added: „There’s no indication that there’s something imminent in that regard right now.“
In a flurry of meetings, Biden and major allies are expected to announce plans to reduce Europe’s dependence on Russian energy, new sanctions and more military deployments to Eastern Europe — even as divisions emerge about how to deter Moscow. National security adviser Jake Sullivan said Biden will also discuss “potential contingencies” in the event of a Russian cyberattack or chemical weapons.
When asked what he will say to European leaders, Biden said he will say it face-to-face when he arrives.
“All I have to say, I’m going to say it when I get there,” Biden said, adding that he will be “happy to talk to you guys when I get back,” referring to reporters.
He asked me to call on the leaders of the world to speak out clearly against President Putin’s flagrant aggression, and to stand with the people of Ukraine. Tomorrow, I will be meeting with the Leaders of the G7, and the United States and our Allies and partners will be imposing severe sanctions on Russia.
Military advisers have told the White House that the decision must be made by Tuesday in order to have enough time to withdraw the 5,800 troops currently on the ground, as well as their equipment and weapons. If the President agrees, the military anticipates „a few more days“ of trying to evacuate as many people as possible before the drawdown of US forces begins, possibly at the end of this week.
The Telegraph understands that unless Mr Biden relents, UK troops are due to start to withdraw from Kabul airport towards the end of the week as they are expected to step up efforts to evacuate as many as 6,000 people.
Auch bei dem in der kommenden Woche in Brüssel anstehenden EU-USA-Gipfel wird eine entsprechende Erklärung dieses Inhalts erwartet. Im Entwurf der Erklärung heißt es, eine „transparente, faktengestützte und von Experten geleitete“ Untersuchung unter Leitung der WHO sei notwendig. Diese müsse „frei von Beeinflussungen“ stattfinden.
Boris and Carrie Johnson were all smiles today as they formally greeted G7 leaders on the golden sands of Carbis Bay.
The PM and his new wife, wearing a vivid fuchsia dress, welcomed the guests to the official start of the summit one by one on a beachfront board walk.
Do summits like this matter? „Occasionally!“ comes the answer from a former government insider who worked for years at the very top.
They warn that global get-togethers – however glamorous the location, however acute any particular political emergency, however good the freebies for the thousands of attendees – can descend into ‚waffelage‘.
The U.K. has also invited as guests foreign ministers from India, Australia, South Korea and South Africa and the chair and secretary-general of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations.
Zu einem erweiterten Gipfeltreffen im Herbst wolle er auch Russland, Südkorea, Australien und Indien einladen.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spoke Friday with French President Emmanuel Macron, urging him not to negotiate with Iran at the present time.
(29.08.2019)
Netanyahu frantically tried to get President Trump on the phone — who was in back-to-back meetings and couldn’t take the call — while his office contacted multiple senior Trump administration officials, trying to connect the two leaders.
– Boris Johnson said EU does ‚tend to come to an agreement right at end‘ of talks
– PM said he would not ‚walk away‘ from talks until the Halloween deadline expires
– Mr Johnson said negotiations will be ‚difficult‘ but still hoped a deal will be done
– Comments came at end of the G7 summit in the French coastal town of Biarritz
Sogar die größte Gefahr für das Gelingen dieses Gipfels – US-Präsident Donald Trump und seine ständig scharf geladene Twitter-Kanone – hatte Macron in einem ausgedehnten gemeinsamen Mittagessen nahezu entschärft. Den Handelskrieg mit China will Trump zwar beinhart weiterführen. Aber wer vor dem Gipfel behauptet hätte, dass es in Biarritz große Fortschritte im Atomstreit mit dem Iran geben würde, wie es die Kanzlerin nun am Ende des Gipfels feststellte, der wäre vermutlich für unzurechnungsfähig erklärt worden.
Shortly before Zarif’s arrival Trump denied he’d backed Macron to negotiate with Iran on behalf of the G7, with Trump’s aides saying Zarif’s visit was a „curveball.“
By early Monday, Trump was reversing course and playing along with Macron’s secretive diplomacy. He said he not only knew Zarif was coming, he authorized Macron to invite him.
Biarritz, France
No one can say how the remainder of the meetings will go, or what will happen after he leaves. But everyone seemed determined to avoid the sort of blowup that marred last year’s Group of 7 meeting in Canada, when a stormy Mr. Trump refused to sign the final communiqué and lashed out at the host, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.
“Thus far, this has been really a great G-7,” Mr. Trump gushed on Sunday, “and I want to congratulate France and your president because they have really done a great job.”
Via @tobiaschneider
US president argues Putin should be included in discussions on Iran, Syria and North Korea
When Iran’s Foreign Minister, Javad Zarif, landed in Biarritz Sunday afternoon it appeared France’s Emmanuel Macron, this year’s G7 host, had pulled off an end run around his most powerful guest, US President Donald Trump.
Iranisches Flugzeug landete auf Einladung Frankreichs in Biarritz, wo derzeit der G7-Gipfel stattfindet
Iran’s move comes as the other countries that signed on to a nuclear agreement with Iran, including France, are seeking to keep that deal in place after Trump pulled the U.S. out of the Obama-era agreement.
– World leaders are signalling power, authority and control at the crucial G7 summit, body language expert said
– Angela Merkel, Emmanuel Macron and Donald Tusk sought presented an air of ‚intimidation‘, Judi James said
– The body language expert told MailOnline Britain’s representative Boris Johnson had an ‚air of happy oblivion‘
– She said: ‚With his hands clasped behind his back and a big, irreverent grin on his face he looks like the eternal naughty schoolboy who is having fun rather than wilting under the gaze of the others‘
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Der G7-Gipfel soll kein Flop werden – das ist oberstes Ziel des französischen Präsidenten und Gastgebers Emmanuel Macron. Ein Drahtseilakt.
– Johnson will tell Trump the NHS is off the table for trade talks when they meet
– The pair will have breakfast on the sidelines of the G7 summit in Biarritz, France
– US officials suggested series of mini trade deals post-Brexit, but Johnson said to prefer one comprehensive agreement
– The PM will also meet Donald Tusk and tell him to reopen backstop negotiations
Key background: The meeting will be Boris Johnson’s first major appearance on the international stage since he became prime minister in July. It will be a chance for him to discuss the U.K.’s exit from the European Union. He is also expected to meet with U.S. President Donald Trump to discuss trade between their two countries.
Thursday’s talks followed a five and a half hour meeting on Wednesday, suggesting negotiators were making last-minute efforts to reach some agreement when Japanese and U.S. leaders meet on the sidelines of a weekend Group of Seven summit in France.
Motegi said he will fly straight to France and may join the meeting between Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and U.S. President Donald Trump, where the two will likely discuss trade among other topics.
Auf die Frage, was Präsident Kagame motiviere, Flüchtlinge aus Libyen nach Ruanda zu holen, ist regelmäßig zu hören, er erwarte von der EU finanzielle wie auch politische Gegenleistungen.[14] Tatsächlich wird Ruanda, eine frühere deutsche Kolonie, seit je von Berlin unterstützt – vor allem über das Entwicklungsministerium. Erst in der vergangenen Woche ist Entwicklungsminister Gerd Müller in Kigali gewesen und hat dort bekanntgegeben, Berlin werde Kigali noch mehr als bisher fördern – unter anderem mit einer Ausbildungsinitiative sowie mit Investitionen in Energie und die digitale Infrastruktur.
Former Tory former cabinet ministers Iain Duncan Smith and Owen Paterson claimed the leak of documents on ‚Operation Yellowhammer‘ was an example of the ‚establishment‘ plot to ’sow fear in people’s minds‘.
In a joint statement, they said: ‚This Operation Yellowhammer leak is the version of what the contingency executive put together. We remember attending a briefing on privy council terms which they said was not worst case but reasonable worst case. Theresa May had asked for this to be done. It was obviously Project Fear dressed up.
DEFIANT Boris Johnson will meet the leaders of Germany and France this week with a stark message: MPs won’t stop Brexit.
The PM will use a two-day trip to the continent to insist the referendum result will not be delayed again beyond October 31.
Die Regierungschefs der G7-Staaten treffen sich Ende August in der französischen Küstenstadt Biarritz. Es wird gemunkelt, dass am Treffen über Technologie, Handel und den Internationalen Währungsfonds gesprochen wird.
Boris Johnson will hold talks with French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Angela Merkel next week ahead of the G7 summit in Biarritz.
– A secret Whitehall dossier outlines possible pandemonium in a No Deal Brexit
– Operation Yellowhammer casts a dark shadow over proposed October 31 exit
– Hard border in Ireland, fuel, medicine and food shortages are anticipated
– News comes as Boris Johnson prepares to meet EU leaders at the G7 this week
And thanks to a boozy civil servant leaving a stash of Brexit papers in a Westminster pub, The Mail on Sunday can reveal the full extent of Mr Johnson’s rigid new regime.
An eight-page document entitled ‘Core Brexit Brief’ and prepared specifically for Mr Johnson by Whitehall spin doctors and policy advisers was found abandoned in The Feathers public house, in the heart of Westminster.
(6.4.2019) Es sei gut, dass der UNO-Sicherheitsrat ein klares Signal gegeben habe, «dass Schluss sein muss mit der militärischen Eskalation», sagte der deutsche Aussenminister Heiko Maas am Samstag am Rande des Treffens im bretonischen Küstenort Dinard.
Der UNO-Sicherheitsrat hatte Haftar und seine selbst ernannte Libysche Nationalarmee (LNA) am Freitag aufgerufen, alle militärischen Bewegungen zu stoppen.
Mit Nato-Generalsekretär Jens Stoltenberg gibt es eine Aussprache über Fortschritte der Sicherheitskooperation, Tusk und Kommissionschef Jean-Claude Juncker werden über das G7-Treffen in Kanada und zu US-Sanktionen berichten.
Der G7-Gipfel lässt Donald Trump keine Ruhe: Der US-Präsident hat das berühmt gewordene Foto von ihm und Angela Merkel im Kreise der Staatenlenker beim Gipfel in Kanada mit einer alternativen Bildauswahl gekontert.
Navarro delivered the most incendiary comment: “There’s a special place in hell for any foreign leader that engages in bad-faith diplomacy with President Donald J. Trump and then tries to stab him in the back on the way out the door.”
Trudeau declined to respond directly, saying on Twitter that what truly “matters” is the accomplishments of the G7.
Vertreter von Regierung und Opposition in Deutschland üben unisono scharfe Kritik an Donald Trumps Verhalten beim G7-Gipfel. SPD-Chefin Nahles sagt: „Die Antwort auf ‚America first‘ kann nur ‚Europe united‘ lauten“.
Trump said Saturday evening that he had instructed U.S. officials to withdraw support for a joint statement with other member nations he had backed just hours earlier, saying the United States would not join after Trudeau publicly criticized Trump’s trade policy.
Zwischen den USA und den anderen G7-Staaten herrscht nach dem Ende des Gipfels offener Dissenz. Trump bedroht die Partner mit dem Ende des freien Handels.
President Donald Trump planned an early exit from the Group of Seven talks here Saturday, concluding his fraught visit to the yearly conference of industrialized nations several hours before his counterparts, who remained behind to discuss cleaning up the oceans and halting climate change.
“And so began a long litany of recriminations, somewhat bitter reports that the United States was treated unfairly, that the trading system was totally unfavorable to the United States, the American economy, American workers, the middle class,” the official said.
“In short, a long, frank rant which is undoubtedly very unusual in this kind of formats,” the official added.
Noch ein wenig deutlicher als die Kanzlerin hat den deutsch-europäischen Machtanspruch bereits im vergangenen Jahr der damalige Außenminister Sigmar Gabriel formuliert. Gabriel erklärte einige Wochen nach dem Amtsantritt von US-Präsident Donald Trump, die Vereinigten Staaten könnten „nicht die Führungmacht bleiben“; die EU wiederum dürfe deshalb „eine Partnerschaft auf Augenhöhe“ beanspruchen.[8] Gabriel hat diese Forderung in leicht abgewandelten Formulierungen mehrmals wiederholt.
United States Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin replied „absolutely not“ when asked if he was worried about the new government in Italy on the fringes of the meeting of G7 finance ministers and central bank governors in Whistler, Canada.
The political situation in Italy and the related turmoil on the financial markets will probably be discussed at this week’s meeting of G7 finance ministers and central bank governors in Whistler in Canada, a senior United States Treasury Department official has said.
Angesichts unterschiedlicher Interessen der beteiligten Länder in Bezug auf die Denuklearisierung und Friedensetablierung auf der koreanischen Halbinsel führen die Regierungs- und Staatschefs rege diplomatische Aktivitäten durch.
Die G7-Staaten haben ihr Ex-Mitglied Russland für dessen „Eingriffe in demokratische Systeme“ kritisiert. Das russische Verhalten erschwere eine künftige Zusammenarbeit.
In Toronto findet vom 21. bis 23. April ein Außenministertreffen der G7-Länder statt.