Finance ministers of the G7 countries have reaffirmed their support for Ukraine and agreed to maintain sanctions pressure on Russia to prevent it from generating critical revenues to finance its war effort.
According to Ukrinform, French Finance Minister Roland Lescure said this at a press conference following the meeting of G7 finance ministers and central bank governors in Paris.
"As you know, support to Ukraine has been an important part of our work over the last four years, and it still is. Support to Ukraine is a major commitment of our presidency, and I want to reaffirm our strong indefinite support," Lescure said.
He noted that it was important for participants to speak directly with the Ukrainian side, including the government, the National Bank of Ukraine, and the finance minister.
"I want to make it very clear: Russia cannot benefit from the war in the Middle East. This is not an opinion, and on this all G7 members agree," the minister said.
