Steinmeier said about the desire to watch again the Russian Federation in the G8
German foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier said he wished again to watch the Russian Federation among the " Big eight ". "we have no interest in any form to isolate the Russian Federation... Admit that the Russian Federation will renew their membership in the Group of eight, however the key to this obligated be the resolution on Ukraine ", - quotes the Minister of RIA " news ".
yesterday the Minister for foreign Affairs of Germany said that the international community considers it possible to create conditions for taking Russia back to the G8, but the path there is through the settlement of the Ukrainian conflict. Review the President's press Secretary Dmitry Peskov, the discussion of global issues at the conference G7 without Russia hardly has a chance to be effective. January 20 Pesok said that Vladimir Putin is not waiting for an invitation to the summit " the Big seven ". Remember, the G7 summit will be held June 7-8 at ELMAU castle in the Bavarian Alps. First German Chancellor Angela Merkel said that Russian President Vladimir Putin is unlikely to be invited to the G7 summit. March 24, leaders of the "seven" on the sidelines of the nuclear security summit in the Hague has suspended the operation of the "eight" and refused from participation in the meeting of the G8 in Sochi.