G7 energy summit backs Ukraine over Russian pressure

May 06, 2014 23:20

Energy ministers from the G7 group of leading world economies today agreed to help Ukraine after Russia threatened to halt gas supplies over unpaid bills in a move that could create havoc in Europe.

"We remain united in our determination to provide various types of assistance that Ukraine needs to strengthen its energy security," the ministers said in a joint statement after the energy meeting in Rome.

"We are extremely concerned by the energy security implications of developments in Ukraine, as a consequence of Russia's violation of Ukraine's sovereignty and territorial integrity," they said.

"Energy should not be used as a means of political coercion nor as a threat to security," said the ministers of the G7, which groups Britain, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan and the United States.

The meeting was preparation for a G7 summit in June which had been scheduled to be held in Russia but was moved to Brussels as part of diplomatic and economic sanctions against Russia over its actions in Ukraine.

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