Canada and Japan agreed to promote the cooperation of the G7 countries in the field of assistance to Ukraine in its resistance against the

.

This was announced in the office of the head of the Canadian government following the meeting between the Prime Ministers of Japan and Canada, Fumio Kishida and Justin Trudeau, reports

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The leaders of the countries discussed the priorities while working in the G7 and the importance of further coordination within the association to support the rules-based international system against the background of new global challenges. 

"They will support close cooperation between G7 members in order to condemn Russia's unjustified and illegal aggression against Ukraine and protect Ukraine's sovereignty and territorial integrity," Trudeau said.

The Prime Ministers also expressed concern about the wide global impact of Russian military aggression against Ukraine, especially for the Global South due to rising prices for food and other goods.

"They promised to work together, including with G7 partners, to find ways to mitigate this impact, especially on the most vulnerable people," the Canadian Prime Minister's office noted.

We will remind, earlier the head of the Ministry of Defense of Lithuania, Arvydas Anusauskas, said that Western countries

in the conditions that Russia is trying to seize the initiative on the front.

In addition, we previously informed that US President Joe Biden and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau stated that they are ready to continue to defend the

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