Overview

• The summit will convene the G7’s heads of state in Canada’s Rocky Mountains from June 15 to 17 under host Prime Minister Mark Carney.
• Leaders have agreed to lower the price cap on Russian oil to US$45 per barrel as part of their 18th sanctions package targeting Kremlin revenues.
• After President Trump withdrew from the 2018 communique, this meeting will forgo a single closing declaration in favor of individual statements on migration, artificial intelligence, critical minerals, and wildfire response.
• Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s recent Washington talks with President Trump set the tone for securing US cooperation on Ukraine support and enforcement of new trade and sanctions measures.
• Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will attend as guests, with Modi’s invitation drawing criticism over his government’s human rights record and ties to Moscow.