MUNICH, February 17. /TASS/. Foreign ministers of the G7 countries plan to tighten sanctions against Russia and enhance efforts on fighting the attempts to bypass them, Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of Italy Antonio Tajani said in a statement in his capacity as Chair of the G7 Foreign Ministers’ Meeting at the Munich Security Conference.

"They [the foreign ministers] expressed their determination to continue to coordinate with partners to provide military, financial, political, humanitarian, economic and development support to Ukraine and its people as well as to strengthen sanctions against Russia and those who materially support its war," the document said. "They also expressed their intention to step up efforts against evasion and circumvention of their sanctions and export control measures," Tajani noted.

The G7 countries also called on other states "to take active steps to prevent the acquisition of military equipment and dual-use items by Russia’s defense sector from or through their jurisdictions.".