This year, at a summit hosted in Taormina on the Italian island of Sicily, world leaders must more precisely agree on whether to include the word "protectionism" or not in the joint declaration.
With regards to a common approach on Russia, the heads of state and government will also decide whether more economic sanctions should be considered if Moscow fails to uphold its end of the Minsk Protocol -- an international agreement to de-escalate violence in the East Ukraine conflict, Daiji World reports.
Following the Ise-Shima summit, G7 leaders indicated that they were in favour of increasing sanctions should the circumstances require it.
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