New Delhi: The G7 Foreign Ministers condemned Iran’s export and Russia’s procurement of Iranian ballistic missiles in a statement issued Saturday, a UK government release stated.
The foreign ministers of Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom, and the United States, as well as the High Representative of the EU, have said in the statement that “evidence that Iran has continued to transfer weaponry to Russia despite repeated international calls to stop represents a further escalation of Iran’s military support to Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine.”
The statement goes on to claim that “Russia has used Iranian weaponry such as UAVs to kill Ukrainian civilians and strike their critical infrastructure. Russia’s aggression constitutes a flagrant violation of international law including the UN Charter.”
The G7 nations have reiterated commitment to hold Iran accountable for supporting Russia’s war in Ukraine and for undermining Global security. In the statement, the foreign ministers collectively have urged Iran to “immediately cease all support to Russia’s illegal and unjustifiable war against Ukraine and halt such transfers of ballistic missiles, UAVs, and related technology, which constitute a direct threat to the Ukrainian people as well as European and international security more broadly.”