The President of the United States Joe Biden; the Secretary General of Nato, Jens Stoltenberg; the President of the European Commission (EC), Ursula von der Leyenand nine more world leader vowed on Tuesday to continue to burden Russia with “heavy economic costs” for the war Ukraine.
In a video conference, the heads of state and government also promised to continue deployment participation militaryeconomic and humanitarian for Ukraine, White House spokeswoman, Jens Psaki.
In addition, she “did not condemn the suffering caused by the invasion provoked‘ and ‘unjustified’ Russia and agreed to continue to coordinate their efforts through the G7 and NATO.
According to the White House, the leaders participated in the video conference about an hour and a half.
In addition to Biden, Stoltenberg and Von der Leyen in the video conference The President of the European Council, Charles Michel, attended; the German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and the Presidents of France, Emmanuel Macron; from Poland, Andrzej Duda, and from Romania, Klaus Iohannis.
Also present were the Prime Ministers of CanadaJustin Trudeau; from the UK, Boris Johnson; from Italy, Mario Draghi, and from Japan, Fumio Kishida.
The virtual meeting took place at a time when Russia has launched the second phase of its war in Ukraine, which will focus on the “complete liberation” of Ukraine Donbass in the east of the country, an operation that includes the latest attack on the Azovstal steelworks in Mariupol, the last stronghold of the Ukrainian resistance in the strategic port city.
Since it began on February 24, the war has killed thousands and 6 million refugeesaccording to the United Nations on Tuesday.
With information from EFE