G7 leaders hold a video conference with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky this Sunday (8th).
On Friday (6), the spokeswoman for the German government, Christiane Hoffmann, had anticipated the information about the meeting.
“German Chancellor Olaf Scholz will hold the third video conference since the beginning of the year with his G7 partners,” Hoffmann told reporters at a press conference in Berlin.
Furthermore, the spokeswoman went on to say that May 8 is a “historic date that marks the end of the Second World War in Europe”.
“He will talk about current issues, particularly the situation in Ukraine. Ukrainian President Zelensky will participate and report on the current situation in his country,” the spokeswoman said.
The German chancellor will also deliver a televised address to the German nation on the evening of May 8, Hoffmann said, adding that the date has special significance this year as the two countries that were once victims of Nazi Germany are now at war with each other. other.
The group was created in 1975 and brings together the most industrialized countries. Russia was also a member of the G7, until it was expelled in 2014 for invading and annexing Ukraine’s Crimea peninsula. Currently, they are part of the group Germany, Canada, United States, France, United Kingdom, Italy and Japan.
Germany currently holds the presidency of the G7.
Source: CNN Brasil
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