G7 pledges to reduce reliance on Russian energy, calls on OPEC to boost oil output

摘要

Group of Seven leaders pledged to take further steps to reduce their reliance on Russian energy imports and called on OPEC to step up oil production March 24 following a round of meetings to ramp up pressure on Moscow over its invasion of Ukraine. The statement followed back-to-back emergency meetings of NATO, the G7, and the European Council in Brussels attended by US President Joe Biden as Russia's invasion of Ukraine enters a second month.