The political scientist explained the US refusal to include a clause on Kiev's support in the G7 statement.

The United States refused to include an item on assistance to Ukraine in the communique of the meeting of finance ministers of the G7 summit because of the desire to find common ground with the Russian Federation. Malek Dudakov, an American political scientist, told Izvestia about this on May 21.

He recalled that this is another time when the world is watching how the new White House administration blocks statements at the level of certain G7 ministers that contain criticism of the Russian Federation or statements in support of Ukraine.

"This is still a declarative story, <...> but it symbolizes that the American administration hopes to find a common language with Russia, and therefore refrains from harsh, radical statements and tries to restrain the pressure and attitude of the "European hawks" who would be ready to continue confrontation with our country," Dudakov stressed.

The political scientist added that so far there has been no serious pressure from the United States on those interested in continuing the confrontation with Russia. In his opinion, in the future, the American administration should pursue a tougher policy towards both the Europeans and the Kiev regime.

"The fact that such significant statements at the G7 level, albeit declarative, are already being blocked, in general, speaks volumes about the fact that there is a serious split within this Euro-Atlantic unity," the expert summed up.

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