Canada dropped plans for the Group of Seven to issue a strong statement on the Ukraine war after resistance from the United States, a Canadian official told reporters on the sidelines of a leaders' summit on Tuesday.

Follow the Star’s live coverage as world leaders convene on the second day of the G7 summit hosted by Canada in Kananaskis.

Leaders of some of the world’s biggest economic powers arrive in the Canadian Rockies for a Group of Seven summit that's been shadowed by an escalating conflict between Israel and Iran and U.S.

Los gobernantes de algunas de las principales potencias económicas del mundo llegan el domingo a las montañas Rocosas

The Canadian prime minister's office declined to comment on how the Israeli strikes on Iran would affect the summit.

The US sought to soften the draft, but Canada opposed it, saying it wouldn’t be fair to Ukraine as President Zelenskyy arrived at the summit.

"President Trump had a great day at the G7, even signing a major trade deal with the United Kingdom and Prime Minister Keir Starmer. Much was accomplished, but because of what’s going on in the Middle East, President Trump will be leaving tonight after dinner with Heads of State." Leavitt wrote on X.

Group of Seven nations gathered for a summit have agreed six joint statements on subjects such as critical minerals, artificial intelligence and wildfires, host nation Canada said on Tuesday. The other topics they agreed statements on were quantum computing,