Shafaq News/ On Sunday French Foreign Minister, Jean-NoëlBarrot, said that Russia’s return to the Group of Seven (G7) is “unacceptable”at this time.
Barrot told French broadcaster LCI that “Russia is behavingin an increasingly undemocratic manner and is attacking other G7 memberswithout restraint.” However, Barrot did not entirely rule out Russia'spotential return, saying it could be considered if a “just and lasting peace”is achieved in Ukraine.
On Wednesday, in a phone conversation with Russian PresidentVladimir Putin, the US President, Donald Trump, called for Russia to bereinstated in the G7, which would restore the bloc to its previous G8 format.“I would love to see them back. I think it was a mistake to remove them,” Trumpsaid.
Notably, Russia was expelled from the group in 2014 after itannexed Ukraine’s Crimea Peninsula.
In another context, a senior adviser to French PresidentEmmanuel Macron said an informal meeting, organized by Macron at the Élysée,will take place to facilitate ongoing discussions in Brussels on Ukraine andEuropean security. Attendees will include the leaders of Germany, the UK,Italy, Poland, Spain, the Netherlands, and Denmark, along with European CouncilPresident António Costa, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen,and NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte.
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