The Group of Seven summit in Hiroshima ended Sunday with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy making his case to both G7 leaders and invitees from eight nonmember states for further support in his country’s bid to repel Russian invaders.
After arriving in dramatic fashion in the city a day earlier, the Ukrainian leader participated in the final two sessions of the three-day summit: one on Russia’s invasion of his country and the other on peace and stability. The first featured the G7 leaders and the heads of India, Brazil and South Korea, while the other also included the leaders of the remaining five nonmember states invited as guests: Australia, Vietnam, Indonesia, Comoros (current leader of the African Union) and Cook Islands (current chair of the Pacific Island Forum).
A readout from the first session quoted Prime Minister Fumio Kishida as saying that the G7 not only welcomed Zelenskyy's “sincere efforts toward a just and lasting peace,” but is also “united in its unwavering commitment” to provide diplomatic, financial, humanitarian, and military assistance to Ukraine to the “fullest extent necessary.”
