The first day closes in Canada with all the leaders present. Trump throws himself against the exclusion of Russia: “It was a mistake”.
On Monday 16 June the works of the G7 In Kananaskis, Canada. The leaders of the most important Western countries find themselves for the usual annual appointment, A few days after the beginning of the conflict between Israel and Iran. And the group’s works could only start from this new crisis, with potentially devastating implications. According to the sources viewed by Reuters The leaders of the G7 prepared a draft joint declaration, exhorting to a de-Escalation of the conflict between Israel and Iran.
The draft, confirmed by two other sources, reiterates the commitment to guarantee the stability of the markets, in particular the energy ones, and recognizes the right of Israel to the self -defense, reaffirming the opposition of the group to obtain the atomic weapon by Tehran and accusing Iran of being the main source of instability in the region. After appropriate changes, The US president Donald Trump has finally decided to support the declarationwhich initially had refused to do. During the night, due to the burning Middle Eastern situation, The tycoon prematurely abandon the meeting, returning to Washington. According to Axios, Trump would like to resume interviews with Iran regarding the nuclear agreement already this week.
Despite this, during the first day just ended, the scene was still stolen by the American president, who at the end of the bilateral with the Canadian Prime Minister Mark carney commented on the recent Middle Eastern events By exhorting Iran to embark on negotiations without further delays. “Iran must negotiate immediately before it’s too late”, He said.
The US President then firmly reiterated the American position in the current conflict: “Iran will not win this war”, he said, underlining the unconditional support of Washington in Israel. “The United States have always supported Israel, and things are going very well for Israel right now».
Trump then did not albine criticism for The exclusion of Russia from the G8 (excluded after the annexation of Crimea in 2014), stating that the ongoing conflict with Ukraine would not have broken out if Moscow was still part of the group. “It was a mistake, we would not have had the war, if it had been a member of what was the G8 at the time we would not have had the war“, He said, remembering that he had already proposed Russia’s reinstatement in the top of the greats in 2018, a position that at the time aroused many controversies among the allies.
The US president then added that Vladimir Putin only dialogues with him because of the resentment for the expulsion from the G8. “Putin speaks with me, he does not speak with anyone else because he was offended when he was hunted by the G8, I too would be, like anyone else, was highly offensive,” added the American president, shortly after the Tycoon criticized the former Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his predecessor Barack Obamawith which he has always had conflicting relationships.
The Italian premier is obviously also present in Canada Giorgia Meloni, who According to diplomatic sources present at the G7 He is working to propose a common initiative for a ceased in Gaza. In the Italian evening, while Donald Trump held a bilateral meeting with the president of the European Commission von der Leyen, the president of the Italian Council wrote on X: “Building peace, stability and growth. For a stronger West. Together”.
Today, in the late Italian night the work of the G7 will close, first, however, there will be room for the Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyexpected today in Canada, where a meeting with Donald Trump is also scheduled.
