Macron and Trump support Russia's return to G8
French President Emmanuel Macron has agreed with U.S. President Donald Trump that Russia should be invited to the G7 conference in 2020, according to a senior administration official. A senior …
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Trump: G8 format with Russia's participation 'more appropriate'
U.S. President Donald Trump has said that it would be "more appropriate" to return to the G8 format and include Russia. "I think it's much more appropriate to have Russia in. It should be the G8 …
Matviyenko: Russia does not raise issue of return to G8, but open for dialogue
Russia does not raise the issue of a return to G8, but is open for dialogue with it, Federation Council Speaker Valentina Matviyenko said. "We haven’t raised the issue of returning to this format, as …
Trump: If Russia were in G7 I could ask Putin 'to do things that are good for the world'
US President Donald Trump doubled down on his calls to readmit Russia to the Group of Seven (G-7), arguing it would give him an opportunity to engage with Russian President Vladimir Putin. …
Lavrov: Russia never asked to be allowed back to G8
While commenting on US President Donald Trump’s suggestion to bring Russia back to the G7, making it G8 once again, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said that Moscow "never asked to be allowed …
Canada rejects Trump's bid to let Russia back into G7
Canada is flatly rejecting Donald Trump's suggestion to reinstate Russia in the G7, CBC reports. Before departing for the G7 summit in Charlevoix, Que., the U.S. President called on the G7 leaders to let Russia back …
Italy's PM backs Trump on including Russia into G8
New Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte threw his weight behind U.S. President Donald Trump’s call for Russia to be included once more into Group of Seven meetings. "I agree with President …
Trump says Russia should be part of G8
US President Donald Trump says Russia should be attending a summit of the G7 group of key industrialised nations. Arriving at the summit, Trump said he regretted the meeting had shrunk in size - potentially putting him …
Kremlin: G8 losing importance for Russia
The Group of Eight (G8) has been losing its importance for Russia given the changing political and economic situation, Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov said. "Over the years, this forum has been losing its …
Russia has no plans to get back to G8
Russia has no intention of getting back to the G8 format, the Russian presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov said. "This theme [of return to the G8 format] is not being discussed in Moscow in any way," TASS …
Peskov: G20 format is more objective for Moscow than G8
Moscow prefers the G20 format to the G8 because it better represents the line-up of forces in the international scene, Russian presidential …
Steinmeier proposes Russia's Return to G8
G7 will be ready to discuss Russia's return to the informal bloc, making it the G8 again, if there is significant progress on the Syrian …
Peskov: Russia less interested in G8
The format of the Group of 20 of the world's leading economies is more capable of having an impact on international situations than the G8 format, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said. “First of all you need …
Kremlin: No return to G8 format for Russia
Russia’s return to the Group of Eight is not on the agenda for the Kremlin, Russian presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters on Tuesday, Tass reports. …
Steinmeier: Russia's return to G8 may begin next year
Today, there are still no conditions for the return of Russia to the G8, but the discussion of this issue is possible next year, the German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier said in an interview with Zeit. …
Kudrin expects easing of sanctions in late 2016
Former Russian Finance Minister Alexey Kudrin said at the Davos economic forum that relations between Russia and the West will be normalized and sanctions will be lifted. "I am confident that the sanctions will …
