Poroshenko: G7 could become platform in issue of returning Crimea

Published Sept. 23, 2017. Updated Sept. 23 at 1:55 pm

German Chancellor Angela Merkel talks to Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau (L), Christine Lagarde (2-L), head of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), and French President Emmanuel Macron (R) at the G7 Summit expanded session in Taormina, Sicily, on May 27.

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President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko counts on assistance of G7 countries in the issue of returning Crimea to the sovereignty of Ukraine.

“I consider G7 as a platform that will help us, the international group of friends to terminate the occupation of Crimea,” Poroshenko said at a joint press conference with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in Toronto.

Poroshenko noted Ukraine counts on Canada during its presidency in G7 (from 2018).

“Thanks to the chairmanship of G7, Canada could play an even more important role in ensuring peace and stability in Ukraine and Europe,” Poroshenko stated.