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G7 countries sign declaration outlining long-term security guarantees for Ukraine

www.cnbc.com G7 countries sign declaration outlining long-term security guarantees for Ukraine

The framework will "send a strong signal to President Putin and return peace to Europe," British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said.

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Can we just stop linking to CNBC and their annoying Adblock policy pop up. Grr

Also, go Ukraine!

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  Any recommendations? Or are you joking.
  
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Channeling /m/nostupidquestions, I have wondered off and on for about twenty years what Gsomenumber means when referring to countries or summits. Can someone help?

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- I've always understood it as "Group of X most powerful and influential countries"
  
  So, G7 means the "top seven" and G20 means the "top twenty". What their criteria for determining the ranking, I don't know.
  
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  Thank you!
  
  Like you I think it seems pretty arbitrary and I'd go so far as to say uncomfortably imperialistic as I read the other replies.
  
  Appreciate you getting the ball rolling for me!
  
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  It basically means that but they are formal, static groups. The group composition doesn't change based on rankings. Russia was invited into the G7 in the late 90s (and it became the G8) then formally expelled when they invaded Crimea in 2014.
  
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Thanks for that clarification.

However, I'm still not quite sure how they came up with the "We're the top <insert number here> most powerful countries" claim, since it has always been so arrogant to me.

Also, how do they even choose which countries would be included in the club? For example, would Indonesia or the Philippines be part of a hypothetical G50? Why?

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Laudable but still can't stand Sunak tbfh

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- As a citizen hard to swallow the llEAdErShIP, no doubt, but broken clock is right twice a day lol
  
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  How's that "3 PMs that no one voted for" thing treating you?
  
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  A cynical bit of me thinks all the other countries know Moscow is a paper tiger, and so taking "the right side" of things becomes politically convenient. True to dictator fashion, any show of weakness is poison.
  
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This dude has no class. How can you expect anyone to take you seriously when you look like a homeless person?

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