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UkrInform: G7 foreign ministers promise to extend sanctions against Russia

Published April 23, 2018 at 4:19 pm

(L-R): Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Kono, British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson, French Foreign Affairs minister Jean-Yves Le Drian, Canadian Minister of Foreign Affairs Chrystia Freeland, US Deputy Secretary of State John Sullivan, German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas, Italian Minister of Foreign Affairs Angelino Alfano, and Federica Mogherini, High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, pose for the official G7 family photo during a reception at the Royal Ontario Museum Toronto, Ontario, April 22, 2018. / AFP PHOTO / Lars Hagberg

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During a meeting in Toronto, the foreign ministers from the Group of Seven leading industrialized nations promised to extend sanctions against Russia.

“Minister Freeland and G7 Foreign Ministers reaffirmed our shared respect for rules-based international order, including on territorial sovereignty. Sanctions imposed on Russia following its unacceptable actions in Ukraine will continue,” reads the statement posted on the Global Affairs Canada Twitter account.