Well, here we are. This is the seventh meeting of the G7 [Foreign Ministers] since the Ukrainian war started. And I am sure that we will come out with a strong message. The recipe is clear – more of the same.

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I mean, more support to Ukraine, including military support. I will announce that we, the European Union, we will provide a new tranche of 500 more million [eur] to support the military of Ukraine. It will make about two billion euros in total. A new impetus for military support.

More pressure on Russia, with economic sanctions. Continue working on international isolation of Russia. Countering the disinformation about the consequences of the war – on energy and food prices around the world. And presenting a united front to continue supporting Ukraine.

This is going to be, I am sure, the outcome of this meeting.

From 12 May to 14 May, EU High Representative of the Union for Foreign and Security Policy Josep Borrell will be in Weissenhaus, Germany to participate in the G7 Foreign Ministers' Meeting.

He will join counterparts from Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom and the United States to discuss pressing foreign policy and security issues, in particular the international response to Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine. G7 Ministerial Meeting will also address developments in Asia and Africa, including in the context of the Russia’s aggression against Ukraine, as well as the situation in the Middle East and Africa and Asia.

G7 Foreign Ministers will also discuss global challenges, including democratic resilience and how to this end best counter foreign interference, and efforts to step up the global action to end the COVID-19 pandemic and invest in infrastructure and connectivity. They will also address the climate crisis and the need to strengthen early warning systems related to climate and security.

The Foreign Ministers of Ukraine and the Republic of Moldova will join G7 partners for a part of the meeting.

While in Germany, the High Representative will hold bilateral meetings with the host of the event, German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba, Moldovan Foreign Minister Nicu Popescu, Canadian Foreign Minister Melanie Joly, French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian and UK Foreign Secretary Liz Truss.

Foreign ministers from the G7 group of rich nations backed giving more aid and weapons to Ukraine as they met on Friday in what Germany called a "powerful sign of unity" to deepen Russia's global isolation for invading its neighbour.

The European Union's foreign policy chief Josep Borrell announced a further 500 million euros worth of military support that should be approved next week by EU members, and expressed confidence that the bloc will agree an embargo on Russian oil.

British Foreign Minister Liz Truss announced new sanctions targeting Russian President Vladimir Putin's financial network and inner circle, including his ex-wife and cousins, and also called for ramping up weapons supplies to Ukraine.

The annual meeting running until Saturday brings together top diplomats from Britain, Canada, Germany, France, Italy, Japan, the United States and the EU to a 400-year-old castle estate in the Baltic Sea resort of Weissenhaus.

It follows promises by G7 leaders last weekend to ban or phase out buying Russian oil.

The event, which the foreign ministers of Ukraine and Moldova attended, also spotlighted food security concerns and fears that the war in Ukraine could spill over into its smaller neighbour Moldova.

Moldova's foreign minister told Reuters in an interview that some forces in the breakaway region of Transdniestria were bent on sowing instability but that his government wanted to solve the issue through diplomacy.

The G7 talks will defy Russian attempts to split the world over Ukraine, German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock said.

"Never since the end of the Cold War have we G7 partners been more profoundly challenged. Never before have we stood more united," she said on Twitter.

Putin had no intention of stopping the war, Borrell said, adding that the new EU military support would be for heavy weapons such as tanks and artillery and take the bloc's aid to about 2 billion euros.

"(It will be) more pressure on Russia with economic sanctions and continuing the international isolation of Russia and countering misinformation," he said.

Speaking to reporters on the sidelines of the meeting, Ukraine Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba challenged the EU to impose the oil embargo, saying Putin would celebrate if the proposal fell through. Ukraine's neighbour Hungary has opposed the plan, which requires unanimity to pass.

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