GOV UK Home International Press release G7 Leaders’ Statement 12 December 2022 G7 leaders joined by President Zelenskyy of Ukraine provided a joint statement after meeting on 12 December 2022 From Prime Minister's Office 10 Downing Street government organisations primeministers-office-10-downing-street Published 12 December 2022 We the Leaders of the Group of Seven G7 met on 12 December to reflect on progress of our cooperation under Germany’s Presidency to jointly address global challenges at a time of severe geopolitical crisis and critical moment for the world economy We were joined by Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy This year in the face of Russia’s illegal unjustifiable and unprovoked war of aggression against Ukraine we stood more united than ever together with Ukraine and in unwavering commitment to our shared values the rules-based multilateral order and international cooperation Today we reaffirm our unwavering support for and solidarity with Ukraine in the face of ongoing Russian war of aggression for as long as it takes We condemn Russia’s continuous inhumane and brutal attacks targeting critical infrastructure in particular energy and water facilities and cities across Ukraine and recall that indiscriminate attacks and attacks on the civilian population or civilian objects constitute a war crime We also condemn those who are facilitating Putin’s illegal war We are determined to help Ukraine repair restore and defend its critical energy and water infrastructure We will help Ukraine in meeting its winter preparedness needs will continue to support Ukraine’s civilian resilience and will further enhance our efforts on this during the international conference to be held in Paris on 13 December We are determined that Russia will ultimately need to pay for the restoration of critical infrastructure damaged or destroyed through its brutal war There can be no impunity for war crimes and other atrocities We will hold President Putin and those responsible to account in accordance with international law We reiterate that Russia’s irresponsible nuclear rhetoric is unacceptable and that any use of chemical biological or nuclear weapons would be met with severe consequences Building on our commitments so far we will continue to galvanise international support to help address Ukraine’s urgent short-term financing needs We ask our Finance Ministers to convene shortly to discuss a joint approach for coordinated budget support in 2023 We affirm that the International Monetary Fund IMF should be central to this effort We firmly support efforts to secure Ukraine’s immediate financial stability and its recovery and reconstruction towards a sustainable prosperous and democratic future in line with its European path We will build on the outcomes of the International Expert Conference on the Recovery Reconstruction and Modernisation of Ukraine held on 25 October in Berlin as well as at the Ukraine Recovery Conference on 21-22 June 2023 in London In particular with a view to supporting Ukraine’s repair recovery and reconstruction together with Ukraine and our international partners and in close coordination with relevant International Organisations and International Financial Institutions we will establish a multi-agency Donor Coordination Platform Through this platform we will coordinate existing mechanisms to provide ongoing short- and long-term support – with particular responsibility by the Finance Track for short term support – coordinate further international funding and expertise and encourage Ukraine’s reform agenda as well as private sector led growth We will also set up a Secretariat for the Platform We will each designate a senior government representative to oversee the set-up of the platform and ongoing coordination efforts and ask them to convene as soon as possible in January 2023 With a view to a viable post-war peace settlement we remain ready to reach arrangements together with Ukraine and interested countries and institutions on sustained security and other commitments to help Ukraine defend itself secure its free and democratic future and deter future Russian aggression in line with its rights enshrined in the UN Charter We will continue to coordinate efforts to meet Ukraine’s urgent requirements for military and defense equipment with an immediate focus on providing Ukraine with air defense systems and capabilities We also reiterate our strong condemnation of Russia’s continued seizure and militarization of Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant the abduction and reported abuse of Ukrainian personnel and the willful destabilization of its operations We support the International Atomic Energy Agency’s IAEA efforts to establish a Safety and Security Zone Russia’s war of aggression must end To date we have not seen evidence that Russia is committed to sustainable peace efforts Russia can end this war immediately by ceasing its attacks against Ukraine and completely and unconditionally withdrawing its forces from the territory of Ukraine We welcome and support President Zelenskyy’s initiative for a just peace We remain committed to our unprecedented coordinated sanctions measures in response to Russia’s war of aggression We will maintain and intensify economic pressure on Russia and those who evade and undermine our restrictive measures We will continue to shield vulnerable countries that are severely impacted by the repercussions of Russia’s war of aggression and its weaponization of energy and food We reaffirm our intention to phase out Russian-origin crude oil and petroleum products from our domestic markets During the week of 5 December 2022 the price cap on seaborne Russian crude oil entered into force in our respective jurisdictions delivering on our commitment to limit Russia from profiting from its war of aggression against Ukraine to support stability in global energy markets and to minimize negative economic spillovers of Russia’s war of aggression especially on low- and middle-income countries We encourage third countries that seek to import seaborne Russian-origin crude oil and petroleum products to leverage the price cap We reiterate our decision that the price cap on Russian origin petroleum products will enter into force on 5 February 2023 Russia’s war in Ukraine is exacerbating existing fragilities in the global economy with direct impacts on the cost of living of people in our own countries and on the world’s most vulnerable We will continue to use all available policy tools to maintain global financial macroeconomic and price stability and long-term fiscal sustainability while providing targeted support to those most in need and working collaboratively to strengthen our collective economic security to external shocks and wider risks We will make public investments and structural reforms to promote long term growth We will further coordinate to respond to the urgent needs of most vulnerable countries and will encourage private investment in developing and emerging markets as a key enabler of sustainable economic pathways We will keep up our ambition to address global food insecurity including through the Global Alliance for Food Security We will keep supporting the delivery of grain and fertilizers to vulnerable countries in need and welcome the recent operations led by the World Food Programme WFP on this front We welcome the extension of the Black Sea Grain Initiative BSGI alongside further efforts to bring Ukrainian food to the world namely the European Union’s Solidarity Lanes and the “Grain from Ukraine” Initiative Reaffirming our steadfast commitment to implement the Paris Agreement and the outcomes of COP26 and COP27 we commit to urgent ambitious and inclusive climate action in this decade to limit global warming to 1 5°C above pre industrial levels We reaffirm our commitment to reach net-zero emissions no later than 2050 To that end and building on our statement adopted in June in Elmau we endorse the Climate Club’s terms of reference as established by the Climate Club Task Force and hereby establish an open and inclusive international Climate Club Focusing in particular on the decarbonisation of industries we will thereby contribute to unlocking green growth We invite international partners to join the Climate Club and to participate in the further elaboration of its concept and structure In doing so we will continue working closely together with relevant international organizations and stakeholders We ask the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development OECD in tandem with the International Energy Agency IEA to host an interim secretariat working together with other international organizations Recalling our commitment to halt and reverse biodiversity loss by 2030 we will work intensively towards a successful outcome at CBD COP15 in particular the adoption of an ambitious and effective global biodiversity framework with clear and measurable targets and its prompt and swift implementation In this regard we are committed to mobilising resources from all sources and to substantially increasing our national and international funding for nature by 2025 to support the implementation of ambitious global framework We encourage countries beyond the G7 to join us in this endeavor Accelerating our contributions to the Partnership for Global Infrastructure and Investment PGII to make our global partners a better offer on sustainable inclusive climate-resilient and quality infrastructure investment we welcome the progress on the Just Energy Transitions Partnerships JETP with South Africa and Indonesia as flagship projects for multilateral cooperation just energy transition and sustainable investment and look forward to swiftly concluding negotiations on a JETP with Vietnam as well as to making further progress with India and Senegal We will intensify our cooperation within a PGII working group to deliver on our joint ambition to mobilize up to 600 billion dollars by 2027 and on JETPs we will coordinate through the JETP working group Reaffirming our full commitment to realise gender equality and to consistently mainstream gender equality into all policy areas we welcome the key recommendations by the Gender Equality Advisory Council GEAC and look forward to receiving the GEAC’s full report by the end of the year We thank this year’s GEAC for its important work reiterate our intention to convene the GEAC as a standing feature of all G7 Presidencies and look forward to further strengthening it This year we have achieved progress to improve the global health architecture with the WHO at its core our capacity to prevent prepare for and respond to future global health emergencies and to achieve universal health coverage especially through the G7 Pact for Pandemic Readiness endorsed in Elmau We welcome the successful Seventh Replenishment of the Global Fund for AIDS Tuberculosis and Malaria Global Fund We will step up our efforts on training and qualifying health workforce as well as strengthening surveillance capacities to detect outbreaks and variants as early as possible by integrating the One Health approach We will continue to support science to develop safe and effective vaccines therapeutics and diagnostics Under the German Presidency we the G7 together with other international partners have demonstrated our resolve to jointly addressing both major systemic challenges and immediate crises of our time Our commitments and actions pave the way for progress towards an equitable world As we look to the 2023 G7 Summit in Hiroshima under the Japanese Presidency and in our support to the Indian G20 Presidency we stand strong united and absolutely committed to rebuilding a peaceful prosperous and sustainable future for all Published 12 December 2022 Invasion of Ukraine UK visa support for Ukrainian nationals https www gov uk guidance 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