Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock has announced a coordinated action by the G7 group of economically strong democracies to provide winter aid for Ukraine. “The joint sanctions that we have initiated are now being followed by joint winter aid from G7 partners,” said the Greens politician on Thursday shortly before the start of deliberations among the foreign ministers of the G7 round in Münster, Westphalia . Many other countries have already announced that they will join.
The G7 group also includes France, Italy, Japan, Canada, the US and the UK. Germany will hold the presidency until the end of the year.
“This winter aid also means that we do not accept that peace and international law will be broken over the winter,” stressed Baerbock. “We will not accept that the Russian President succeeds in his strategy of breaking up Ukraine. We will not accept that he is hoping that international cohesion will be broken.” That is why supporting Ukraine and defending peace and international law are high on the agenda at the G7 meeting in Münster.