Bangalore (India), 23 Feb. G7 economy and finance ministers on Thursday approved a $39 billion financial aid package for Ukraine for 2023, up from $19,800 million last year, so it can meet its payments.
“These significant commitments and their rapid disbursement keep Ukraine safe and allow the authorities to safeguard the functioning of government, continue the delivery of basic services, carry out the most critical repairs to damaged infrastructure and stabilize the economy,” said the Japanese minister. Finance Minister Shunichi Suzuki at a press conference after a G7 economic meeting in the Indian city of Bangalore.
The announcement comes a day before the one-year anniversary of Russia’s “illegal, unjustifiable and unprovoked” invasion of Ukraine, Suzuki recalled from the Asian country, where G7 economy ministers gathered taking advantage of of a G20 industry meeting. .
The 39 billion dollars “will make it possible to support Ukraine in its effort to defend its country”, specified the Japanese minister, economic support “additional to our vital support and to the training of Ukrainian forces, to humanitarian aid and to development cooperation”.
Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom and the United States, components of the G7 as the group of the most industrialized countries in the world and which combine more than half of the world wealth, thus show their “unwavering support for Ukraine”. “Suzuki said.
The G7 has also urged the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to end a loan program for Ukraine before March 2023, as US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen had already argued at a press conference today. today in Bangalore.
Regarding the sanctions imposed on Russia, Suzuki expressed the group’s willingness to maintain them and left the door open to “take additional measures if necessary”.
“We will continue to work closely … to enforce our sanctions and prevent any attempt to circumvent or circumvent them,” he said, while urging other countries to join in the measures against them. Moscow.
The Group of Seven, under the Japanese presidency, has pointed out that the war launched by Russia has “exacerbated global economic challenges” and “disproportionately” affected low- and middle-income countries.
“We pledge to redouble our efforts and contribute to the G20 agenda to support them,” Suzuki said.
Japan will host the face-to-face summit of G7 leaders in the city of Hiroshima at the end of May, a meeting in which the hosts also hope to stage their commitment to support Ukraine against the Russian invasion. , in addition to sending a message in favor of denuclearization. ECE
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