G7 forges ahead after Trump bows out early to deal with Middle East

Catharine Tunney · CBC News

· Posted: Jun 17, 2025 4:00 AM EDT | Last Updated: 5 minutes ago

The remaining six leaders astatine the G7 are forging up contiguous after U.S. President Donald Trump's aboriginal departure from the summit.

Trump touched down successful Kananaskis, Alta. Sunday nighttime and was expected to stay until Tuesday for meetings with different planetary leaders. But the president near aft Monday night's household meal to woody with the escalating warfare betwixt Israel and Iran.

"I person to beryllium backmost early. I loved it. I archer you I loved it. And I deliberation we got a batch done," Trump told reporters Monday evening.

"But we had conscionable a truly large narration with everybody. It was truly nice. I privation I could enactment for time but they understand, this is large stuff."

Trump's departure means helium volition miss non-G7 leaders attending the acme Tuesday, including Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.

The acme has pivoted to code the Middle East crisis, which continues to escalate as Israel pushes to extremity Iran's atomic program.

Prime Minister Mark Carney, seat of this year's acme successful Alberta, said helium "fully understands" wherefore Trump made an aboriginal exit and is "grateful for the president's presence."

Earlier Monday, during his bilateral gathering with U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer, Trump hinted that helium mightiness person to permission aboriginal erstwhile helium was asked astir bringing Iran to the table.

"I deliberation Iran fundamentally is astatine the negotiating table. They privation to marque a deal," helium said. "And arsenic soon arsenic I permission here, we're going to beryllium doing something. But I person to permission here. I person … this commitment. I person a batch of commitments."

G7 leaders released a associated statement precocious that aforesaid nighttime calling for a "de-escalation" of hostilities successful the Middle East.

The associated connection from the radical — made up of Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom, and the United States, on with the European Union — affirms Israel's close to support itself and recognizes Iran arsenic "the main root of determination instability and terror" but besides calls for immoderate benignant of "resolution."

"We impulse that the solution of the Iranian situation leads to a broader de-escalation of hostilities successful the Middle East, including a ceasefire successful Gaza," the leaders said successful their statement, made nationalist aft a moving meal astatine the summit.

Zelenskyy, Sheinbaum and others meeting G7 leaders  

Trump's departure is apt a letdown for the leaders who travelled for the 2nd time of meetings successful Kananaskis and hoped to crook Trump's ear.

Sheinbaum made it wide she was making the travel northbound successful hopes of gathering with the president to speech tariffs.

Zelenskyy volition besides beryllium astatine the array Tuesday, and has been lobbying Trump to play a relation successful securing a bid woody with Russia. 

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While helium won't beryllium getting one-on-one clip with Trump, Zelenskyy won't beryllium leaving empty-handed.

Carney is expected to denote much enactment for Ukraine arsenic portion of his committedness to summation defence spending this year.

The authorities has earmarked $2 cardinal for subject assistance to Ukraine and to grow defence partnerships.

A root said the authorities is expected to uncover Tuesday however overmuch wealth from that bucket volition spell toward Ukraine, and what it volition beryllium utilized for. 

Carney is expected to conscionable with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi arsenic helium tests renewing ties with the planetary economical power. The arguable gathering comes conscionable months aft the RCMP accused Indian agents of orchestrating a run of unit connected Canadian soil, including acts of of murder, extortion and coercion.

Nearly 2 years ago, then-prime curate Justin Trudeau announced Canada had grounds linking Indian agents to the Nijjar killing.

Other invitees astatine the array Tuesday see Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, South African President Cyril Ramaphosa (this year's G20 chair), South Korean President Lee Jae-myung, United Arab Emirates President Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte and World Bank President Ajay Banga.