Economic " group of twenty " in recent years has become much more important than " eight ", said on Thursday reporters the head of the Kremlin administration Sergei Ivanov.
" My personal opinion, because I was the Chairman of the organizing Committee of " twenty ", which was literally not so long ago in St. Petersburg, I do not insist on the rightness and anyone glance does not impose, but the " twenty " in the last few years has become much more important (big) eight ", Ivanov said on the sidelines of the forum " Valdai ".
" Great eight " has turned into " seven " once G7 decided not to send their leaders to the summit of informal club of developed countries in Sochi and gathered without the participation of Russia in Brussels. This decision was taken against the background of the Crimean events. Now in the " group of seven " are Germany, USA, Canada, Japan, France, UK and Italy.
The President's press Secretary Dmitry Peskov have said before, that a return to the format of the G8, in which it was stopped on the background of the situation In Ukraine, the Russian leadership will not discuss. While the press Secretary noted that the Russian Federation continues to participate in the work of the G20.
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