English transcript

Good day, everybody.

So we are gathered here in the G7 meeting together with our partners.

First, we discuss very topical issues, and I think the two main really issues on the

table are the two big wars, one in Ukraine and the other one in the Middle East.

We are discussing with our partners what kind of effect the wars have on them, and what

could be done to really have an off-ramp from this war.

We need to exit from the war, not escalate this further, because the consequences for

everybody around the world are quite severe.

At the same time, we can't forget about Ukraine.

The attacks of Russia on Ukrainian civilians and civilian infrastructure are increasing

still every day, and we just can't overlook this.

And of course, the oil price hike is giving also Russia a possibility to fund this war

again, which is really not good for the Ukrainians.

So we need to increase our bilateral support, but also the pressure on Russia to stop this

war and to really negotiate in good faith.

Q Can I ask you, how do you plan to get the U.S. to put more pressure on Russia?

Will you be talking about Russia's support to Iran?

EXACTLY.

We are raising this issue that we see that Russia is helping Iran with intelligence to

target Americans, to kill Americans, and Russia is also supporting Iran now with the drones

so that they can attack neighboring countries and also U.S. military bases.

So these wars are very much interlinked.

So if America wants the war in the Middle East to stop, Iran to stop attacking them,

they should also put the pressure on Russia so that they are not able to help them in

this.

Okay.

Thank you very much.

Thank you.