The leaders of the world’s top industrialised nations are gathered in Bavaria for the G7 summit where the Ukraine conflict has been high on the agenda.<br /><br /> German Chancellor Angela Merkel welcomed the elected heads of the United States, Canada, France, Britain, Italy and Japan along with the European Council and European Commission.<br /><br /> US President Barack Obama said:<br /><br /> “We’re going to discuss our shared future, the global economy that creates jobs and opportunity, maintaining a strong and prosperous European Union, forging new trade partnerships across the Atlantic, standing up to Russian aggression in Ukraine, combating threats from violent extremism to climate change.”<br /><br /> Russia has not been invited to the 41st annual summit as a result of its annexation of Crimea last year.<br /><br /> The Japanese Prime Minister arrived fresh from a visit to Ukraine where he spearheaded the global efforts to find a peaceful solution to the problem.<br /><br /> British Prime Minister David Cameron said that all nations sho
