A source familiar with the situation said that when the Group of Seven foreign ministers meet in Japan beginning on Sunday.
They are likely to reiterate their demands that Russia immediately end its conflict with Ukraine and issue a subliminal warning to China regarding efforts to impose their will on international affairs.
Yoshimasa Hayashi, the foreign minister of Japan, and Antony Blinken, the secretary of state of the United States.
Among others, will attend the three-day summit, which will take place in the resort town of Karuizawa in central Japan.
Plans are already being made for a joint statement to be released after the deliberations.
The results of the discussions between the foreign ministers will serve as the foundation for the G-7 summit, which will be held in Hiroshima, in western Japan, from May 19 to 21 and be presided over by Prime Minister Fumio Kishida.
The source claimed on Wednesday that the Japanese government is seeking to incorporate wording from previous G-7 statements.
Such as a demand for Russia to withdraw all of its forces from Ukraine immediately and unconditionally, into the joint statement.
The foreign ministers are also likely to condemn Moscow’s nuclear saber-rattling and demand that Russia withdraw its forces from a nuclear power plant in Ukraine that it captured during the conflict.
The anticipated declaration will, according to the source, once more demonstrate the G-7’s steadfast sympathy with the war-torn nation of Eastern Europe.
The G-7 nations — Britain, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, and the United States — as well as the European Union have increased pressure on Russia.
Since Moscow’s invasion started in February of last year by denouncing its actions and enacting a number of economic sanctions aimed at reducing the Kremlin’s war chest.
The nations are particularly concerned of China, which has had cordial ties with Russia and has become more assertive in the East and South China Seas.
As well as over Taiwan, an island with a democratic self-government that Beijing claims as its own.
According to the source, the G-7 foreign ministers are anticipated to reiterate the significance of peace and stability across the Taiwan Strait.
At the Karuizawa summit, ostensibly mindful that Communist-led China has not ruled out forcibly assimilating Taiwan.
According to the source, the ministers will also denounce Pyongyang’s ongoing ballistic missile tests and urge other nations to fully carry out the sanctions outlined in U.N. Security Council resolutions intended to curtail the North Korean nuclear and missile programme.
According to the source, Kishida intends to present his well-known vision of a world free of nuclear weapons at the Hiroshima summit.
The Japanese government is hopeful that the G-7’s commitment to nuclear disarmament would be mentioned in the statement.
