The high-profile meeting of leaders of Great Britain, the United States, Canada, France, Italy, Germany and Japan was held June 11 to 13, in Cornwall, England.

Carbis Bay G7 summit communiqué in particular says, “We call on Russia to alleviate tensions and act in accordance with its international obligations, and to withdraw the Russian military troops and materiel at the eastern border of Ukraine and on the Crimean peninsula. We remain firmly of the view that Russia is a party to the conflict in Eastern Ukraine, not a mediator.”

The Group of 7 leaders voiced their support for the independence, sovereignty and territorial integrity of Ukraine within its internationally recognized borders.

“We affirm our support for the Normandy Process to secure the implementation of the Minsk agreements, and call on Russia and the armed formations it backs to engage constructively and recommit to the ceasefire,” says the communiqué.

Besides, the participants in the summit reaffirmed their efforts “to strengthen Ukraine’s democracy and institutions, encouraging further progress on reform.”

At the same time, the Group of 7 reaffirmed their call on Russia “to stop its destabilising behaviour and malign activities, including its interference in other countries’ democratic systems, and to fulfil its international human rights obligations and commitments.”

In particular, the Group of 7 leaders called on Moscow “to urgently investigate and credibly explain the use of a chemical weapon on its soil, to end its systematic crackdown on independent civil society and media, and to identify, disrupt, and hold to account those within its borders who conduct ransom-ware attacks, abuse virtual currency to launder ransoms, and other cybercrimes”.

At the same time, the participants in the Group of 7 summit meeting in Cornwall reiterated their interest “in stable and predictable relations with Russia, and will continue to engage where there are areas of mutual interest.”

The newspaper Voice of Ukraine