The declaration name-checks Trump, saying that with the U.S. and Iran having reached an agreement to end hostilities, it is now easier to take more economic measures against Russia.
“We consider this the right moment to proceed with additional measures, as President Trump has delivered a deal that we support in reopening the Strait of Hormuz,” the declaration reads.
The leaders, who are meeting in Evian-les-Bains for a three-day G7 summit, also committed themselves to “increase the delivery of air defence capacities, additional systems and interceptors, and long-range capabilities” to Ukraine and “to consider extending to Ukraine the benefit of licenses to allow for an increase in Ukraine’s military production.”
The declaration comes at the end of a day which marked by an unexpected convergence between Trump and other G7 members. On Tuesday, Trump also hinted that he was ready to reinstate sanctions on Russian oil, which Washington previously suspended until mid-June.
“This G7 is a moment of strategic wake-up call,” French President Emmanuel Macron said in a video posted after the leaders’ dinner gala, in which he stressed these decisions were backed by all G7 members, including the U.S.
Finding alternatives to Hormuz
The document also welcomed the U.S.-Iran agreement and backs an international mission, led by the U.K. and France, to protect ships and facilitate trade in the Strait of Hormuz.