BRUSSELS, March 24. /TASS/. G7 called on the OPEC countries and other oil and gas producers to increase their supplies of energy resources on the world market to reduce the dependency of Western states on Russia. This is according to the final statement of the G7 summit, which was held on Thursday at NATO headquarters in Brussels.

The document says nothing about Russia’s decision to switch to selling gas for rubles.

"We are taking further steps to reduce our reliance on Russian energy," the document says.

"We call on oil and gas producing countries to act in a responsible manner and to increase deliveries to international markets, noting that OPEC has a key role to play," according to the statement.

The document stressed that G7 countries "will ensure secure alternative and sustainable supplies, and act in solidarity and close coordination in the case of possible supply disruptions."

They commit "to actively support countries willing to phase out their dependency on Russian gas, oil and coal imports."

G7 countries also intend to accelerate reduction of reliance on fossil fuels and transition to clean energy "to meet the goals of the Paris agreement and of the Glasgow Climate Pact and limit the rise in global temperatures to 1.5 degrees."

After the G7 summit, head of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, said that on March 25 she and US President Joe Biden would conclude an agreement on additional energy supplies from the United States, which will replace Russian energy resources.

The US is pushing to extend Western sanctions against Russia to trade in Russian energy resources, but the leading countries, including Germany, have already rejected this demand, since they cannot do without energy resources from Russia. However, the European Commission last week approved a plan to reduce energy imports from Russia, which, in its opinion, the EU should reduce by two-thirds by the end of 2022.