The G7 seeks diplomatic channels with Moscow

In the first international summit of major industrialized powers of the world, the past eight members to seven, to the exclusion of Russia, Moscow is right at the center of the discussions. The attitude that the G7 countries intend to adopt towards Russia , it will be marked by the utmost diplomacy , where , in the first phase will avoid new sanctions for the Kremlin . The aim is to verify whether Russia is ready to engage in a constructive manner for the stability of the country of Ukraine. For Moscow, the exclusion from the G8 , following the events of the Crimea and the unrest in the eastern part of Ukraine, has been a political cost and damage of image at the international level , not indifferent. The summit was a marked division of opinion between the European countries and the United States , who seem to want to adopt a tougher stance towards Russia. The White House , in fact, could be directed , even in the wake of diplomatic , to toughen sanctions against Moscow. This feeling is supported by the statements made by Obama during his last visit to Poland , where he denounced the behavior is not clear of Russia, which would send its soldiers without identifying marks to support the action of the rebels in eastern Ukraine and defined unacceptable as the occupation of the Crimea. But without action, and evaluate the effects of the policy of the new Ukrainian president Poroshenko , it seems premature to talk of new sanctions by the U.S., which has , however, assured the new aid , both economic and material in Kiev. The EU aims , however, on closer cooperation with Ukraine, which will be formalized with the signing of the partnership agreement by the end of June. EU action will also cover association agreements with Moldova and Georgia, which may not be acceptable to Moscow. Within the G7 are outlined , then two strategies, which mimic the behavior hitherto held by the U.S. and EU . Two different tactics , which they can not find a summary of common and likely to result in the repetition of the Ukrainian case or its aggravation . The main issue is that Russia does not like meddling in what it considers its living space , even if it goes beyond their state borders. One can understand the ambitions of the EU to expand its market, not the way to achieve this result without Russian involvement , these projects are intended to provoke new international crises. Of course, Moscow's attitude is not shared, but continue to persevere going in one direction only is uneconomical ; willy-nilly must deal with Moscow and the only way is to open negotiation tables joined together, that the Kremlin can not refuse to come out of isolation internationally. If this solution is hated in Washington , who prefers , at this stage, keep Russia isolated and not involve in such processes ; but this lack of unity indicates the political weakness of the EU, which has to settle for gimmicks and small steps to try to achieve their goals . The United States is aware of this weakness due to the lack of a common foreign policy shared by all members , and especially not supported by institutional support that should be imposed at Community level and then continue , eventually, to impose their strategy. Moscow , meanwhile, remains at the window waiting for developments . The summit will be also discussed issues relating to energy strategy and commercial relations are increasingly important in the context of the dispute with Russia.