U.S. opposes language that could harm its efforts to bring Russia and Ukraine to the negotiating table. G7 foreign ministers will meet in La Malbaie, Quebec on March 12-14 for the first time since President Donald Trump returned to power in January. Four G7 diplomats said agreement on the full communique this time was proving very difficult, with some fearing that a compromise may not be found. Washington has already broken with allies at the United Nations and the World Trade Organisation at the end of February, refusing to condemn the Russian invasion of Ukraine. The G7 meetings have been consensual since Russia’s membership was suspended in March 2014 in response to its annexation of Crimea, underscoring their steadfast backing for Ukraine. But Trump has upended Western unity by drawing the U.S., closer to Moscow while heaping criticism on Kyiv. The meeting will take place in the river resort of La MalBAie,Quebec, from March 12 to 14, and will be attended by the foreign ministers of Britain, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan and the United States.