NHK reported on an emergency virtual meeting held between the G7 foreign ministers for about an hour and half starting at 9:30 p.m. on Thursday (Japan time). Foreign Minister Hayashi told reporters afterward that the G7 nations condemned Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and Belarus’s involvement in the aggression and reaffirmed the G7’s continuing to pressure Russia to immediately stop its attacks against Ukraine. Hayashi reportedly added that he and his G7 counterparts agreed to set up a special support group to strengthen their assistance for Moldova and other countries near Ukraine that are accepting evacuees from Ukraine in cooperation with international organizations.