US urged to avoid anti-Russian rhetoric at G7 meeting
The United States demands not to use ‘hostile’ rhetoric against Russia at the meeting of the Group of Seven (G7) foreign ministers, which will take place in Charlevoix, Quebec, Canada, from 12 to 14 March.
According to Censor.NET with reference to DW, this was stated by US Secretary of State Marco Rubio.
"We believe that hostile rhetoric sometimes makes it difficult to engage the parties to the conflict in negotiations," AFP quoted him as saying.
At the same time, according to Rubio, there is no question of supporting any particular party in the settlement of the war in Ukraine. Other G7 foreign ministers may have a different opinion, but Washington is currently the only party capable of enabling negotiations, the US Secretary of State stressed.
Earlier, Bloomberg reported that during the negotiations on the draft joint statement of the G7 the United States insisted on strengthening the wording on China and easing the provisions on Russia. In particular, Washington demanded that the word ‘sanctions’ be removed, and that the wording referring to Russia's ‘ability to wage war’ against Ukraine be replaced with the words ‘revenue generation’. In addition, any reference to Russian aggression has disappeared from the draft of the main communiqué, which the agency has seen. Instead, the text welcomes ‘all efforts’ to reach a ceasefire agreement, Bloomberg writes.
As a reminder, the US did not invite military representatives to the summit, which will be held in Paris on 11 March to discuss the creation of an international security force for Ukraine.
