G7 to continue economic pressure on Russia, tackle 'wheat war'

FILE PHOTO: German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock, French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian, British Foreign Secretary Elizabeth Truss, Canadian Foreign Minister Melanie Joly, European Union's High Representative for Foreign Affairs Josep Borrell, U.S. Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs Victoria Nuland, Italian Foreign Minister Luigi Di Maio and Japanese Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi attend the working session at the G7 foreign ministers' summit in Weissenhaeuser Strand, Germany, May 13, 2022. Kay Nietfeld/Pool via REUTERS

Group of Seven foreign ministers vowed on Saturday to reinforce Russia's economic and political isolation, continue supplying weapons to Ukraine and tackle what Germany's foreign minister described as a "wheat war" being waged by Moscow.

After meeting in the Baltic Sea resort of Weissenhaus, senior diplomats from Britain, Canada, Germany, France, Italy, Japan, the United States and the European Union also pledged to continue their military and defence assistance for "as long as necessary".