By Mathilde Serra with AFP
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VIDEO – Volodymyr Zelensky was welcomed with open arms this Thursday in Italy where the G7 is taking place. The leaders present notably announced a loan of 50 billion dollars to help Ukraine in its war against Russia.
Chinese President Xi Jinping “gave me his word” that Beijing would not sell weapons to Russia, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Thursday June 13 during a joint press conference with Joe Biden.“I had a telephone conversation with the leader of China. He said he would not sell weapons to Russia. We will see”, he said on the sidelines of the G7 in Italy. “He gave me his word,” he added.
G7 leaders welcomed Volodymyr Zelensky with open arms in Italy on Thursday, announcing a $50 billion loan and an agreement to use frozen Russian assets to help kyiv defend itself, proving, according to the US president, that the West “don’t back down” against Vladimir Putin. This breakthrough at the G7 and the bilateral security agreement between kyiv and Washington the same day on the sidelines of this summit “show Putin that he will not wear us out, that he cannot divide us”underlined Mr. Biden during the same press conference with his Ukrainian counterpart.
