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US President Joe Biden arrived in Italy Wednesday night time to attend the G7 Summit, which along with the leaders of Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan and the UK can also be being attended by Prime Minister Narendra Modi as a particular invitee.

On Thursday, Biden plans to carry a gathering with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy throughout which the 2 leaders will signal a bilateral safety settlement for Ukraine “making clear our (US) help will final lengthy into the long run,” his Nationwide Safety Advisor (NSA) Jake Sullivan advised reporters aboard Air Drive One on their option to Italy.

The warfare in Ukraine and the Center East are anticipated to dominate the G-7 Summit along with a few of the new essential challenges like Synthetic Intelligence, local weather change and provide chain.

Sullivan mentioned Biden and Zelenskyy will sit down to debate America’s sturdy help for Ukraine now and sooner or later.

After the assembly, the leaders will signal a bilateral safety settlement mentioning that the US help for Ukraine will final lengthy and pledge continued cooperation, significantly within the areas of defence and safety, he added.

“Our aim right here is easy. We need to display that the US helps the individuals of Ukraine, that we stand with them, and that we’ll proceed to assist tackle their safety wants not simply tomorrow however out into the long run,” the NSA mentioned.

The settlement outlines a transparent imaginative and prescient of labor with Ukraine to proceed strengthening Ukraine’s credible defence and deterrence functionality. Any lasting peace in Ukraine must be underwritten by Ukraine’s personal capacity to defend itself and deter future aggression, he mentioned “And by signing this, we’ll even be sending Russia a sign of our resolve. If Vladimir Putin thinks that he can outlast the coalition supporting Ukraine, he is unsuitable. He simply can’t wait us out, and this settlement will present our resolve and continued dedication,” Sullivan mentioned.

A day earlier, White Home Nationwide Safety Communications Advisor John Kirby advised reporters that this yr’s summit would present that G7 is extra unified than ever to deal with world challenges, and to resume their dedication to companions around the globe that they may assist them spend money on vivid futures for his or her individuals.

“We’ll construct on the progress we made final yr on our shared method to the Indo-Pacific as effectively, together with by advancing an Indo-Pacific area that’s free, open, safe, affluent, resilient, and linked,” he mentioned.

“We’ll tackle the PRC’s help for the Russian defence industrial base. And we’ll confront China’s non-market insurance policies which might be resulting in dangerous world spillovers, working with companions in and past the G7 to advertise financial resilience and safety,” Kirby mentioned.

Biden will once more host a aspect occasion that can spotlight its optimistic worth proposition to international locations around the globe by way of the Partnership for International Infrastructure and Funding, or PGI, he mentioned.

“We’ll proceed to supply a path to assist international locations overcome unsustainable debt burdens, to spice up the World Financial institution’s lending firepower, to mobilize further capital for high-standard infrastructure investments, and to make new commitments on meals and well being safety,” he added.

G7 leaders will probably be joined by His Holiness, Pope Francis, for a session on synthetic intelligence, amongst different matters. “This will probably be an essential second for our international locations to come back collectively and develop our shared method to harnessing the advantages of AI whereas on the identical time managing the dangers to our nationwide safety and impacts that it might must our workforces and inequality,” Kirby mentioned.

“The underside line right here is that President Biden believes we should proceed to think about, to invent and to encourage. We’re dedicated to investing in that imaginative and prescient with our closest allies. We’re very assured that if we do, the USA will proceed to guide on the world stage for generations to come back,” mentioned the White Home official.

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