KIEV, June 8 – G7 leaders have confirmed their intention to further help Ukraine to strengthen its energy security.

"We reaffirm our support for Ukraine and other vulnerable countries in their ongoing efforts to reform and liberalize their energy systems and reiterate that energy should not be used as a means of political coercion or as a threat to security," reads a G7 joint statement on the results of German summit on Monday.

The G7 states' leaders welcomed an intention of the Ukrainian government to reduce energy-related subsidies and invest in energy efficiency programmes.