Canadian foreign minister Melanie Joly with US secretary of state Marco Rubio at the G7 meeting in La Malbaie, Canada. Photo: Getty Images
Canadian foreign minister Melanie Joly with US secretary of state Marco Rubio at the G7 meeting in La Malbaie, Canada. Photo: Getty Images
John Irish
Today at 03:30
The United States drew closer to its G7 allies yesterday, at least momentarily, to back Ukraine’s territorial integrity and warn Russia to follow Kyiv in accepting a ceasefire or face possible further sanctions.
Their joint foreign ministers’ communique followed weeks of tension between US allies and president Donald Trump over his upending of Western trade, security and Ukraine-related policy.