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UKRAINE REMAINS IN SPOTLIGHT OF G7 – HEAD OF EUROPEAN COMMISSION AND BRITISH PM

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson calls on the G7 countries, whose leaders start a three-day summit near Munich on Sunday, to continue supporting Ukraine in the fight against Russian armed aggression.
“Now is not the time to give up on Ukraine, they need the support and determination of the G7 more than ever,” he tweeted.
“The UK will continue to stand by Ukraine at every turn because we know their security is our security and their freedom is our freedom,” Johnson said.
The negative global impact of Russia’s war will be at the center of discussions at the G7 summit in Germany, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said on Sunday.
“We will stand with Ukraine for as long as it takes,” she tweeted.
Other highlights of the summit, she said, include security of energy supplies and global food security, investment in resilient infrastructure and global pandemic preparedness.
“We will also discuss how we can best deal with price increases without compromising our climate goals,” the Commission President added.

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PRESIDENT OF UKRAINE AND BRITISH PM DISCUSS MILITARY COOPERATION

The first day of participation in the UN Climate Change Conference COP26 in Glasgow (UK), President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky concluded by discussing military and defense cooperation with British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, the presidential press service has said.
“During the conversation with British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, important issues of bilateral interaction, military and defense cooperation, European and world agendas were raised,” the presidential press service said in the statement.
On Monday, Zelensky spoke with Prime Ministers of Israel Naftali Bennett, Sweden Stefan Leuven, Georgia Irakli Garibashvili, Luxembourg Xavier Bethel, Austrian Chancellor Alexander Schallenberg and President of Guinea-Bissau of security in Europe, in particular in eastern Ukraine, and the world,” the President’s Office.

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