By: EFE Updated 24 Apr 2022, 18: 51 pm EDT
The President of the United States, Joe Biden, the Secretary General of NATO, Jens Stoltenberg, the President of the European Commission (EC), Ursula von der Leyen, and nine other world leaders committed this Tuesday to continue to impose “severe economic costs” on Russia for the war in Ukraine.
In a videoconference, the leaders also pledged to continue providing military, economic and humanitarian assistance to Ukraine, White House spokeswoman Jen Psaki told the press.
They also agreed to send Ukraine more heavy artillery, according to Psaki.
Furthermore, the leaders condemned the suffering caused by the “unprovoked” and “unjustified” invasion of Russia and agreed to continue coordinating their efforts through the G7 and NATO.
According to the White House, the leaders participate stopped in the videoconference for about an hour and a half.
In addition to Biden, Stoltenberg and Von der Leyen, the president of the European Council, Charles Michel, the German chancellor, Olaf Scholz, and the presidents of France, Emmanuel Macron; from Poland, Andrzej Duda, and from Romania, Romania, Klaus Iohannis.
The prime ministers of Canada, Justin Trudeau; from the United Kingdom, Boris Johnson; from Italy, Mario Draghi; and from Japan, Fumio Kishida.
The virtual meeting took place at a time when Russia has begun the second phase of its war in Ukraine, focused on the “complete liberation” of the pro-Russian Donbas, in the east of the country, an operation that includes the final assault on the Azovstal steelworks, in Mariupol , the last stronghold of the Ukrainian resistance in the strategic port city.
Since its inception on 24 February, the war has left thousands dead and six million refugees, according to data from the United Nations on Tuesday.
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