In a joint declaration adopted on the fringes of the NATO summit in Vilnius, the G7 (Germany, France, Italy, the United Kingdom, the United States, Canada and the EU) pledged, on Wednesday 12 July, to strengthen its security cooperation with Ukraine, while it “pursues a pathway toward future membership in the Euro-Atlantic community”.
“The declaration will enable all countries wishing to support Ukraine to follow suit” with the G7, said Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, whose...