Angelina Timofeeva. The decision not to invite the Russian Federation at the G7 summit in Munich on 7-8 June, took than the government of Germany and all the countries " Big seven ", said the official representative of the German government Steffen Seibert at a press conference on Wednesday.
"This is not the argument of the German government, and the Decision of the group of seven. It is associated with the Russian actions in Crimea and Ukraine, " said Seibert.
According to the official envoy of the government, " the resolution approved by all States parties G7 ".
"Eight" has turned into "seven" after the G7 in 2014, has decided not to send their leaders at the informal summit of the club of developed countries in Sochi and gathered without the participation of Russia in Brussels. This Decision was made on the background of the Crimean events. Now in the Group of seven includes the following countries: Germany, USA, Canada, Japan, France, UK, Italy.
The head of the Ministry of foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation Sergei Lavrov said on this issue that the Russian Federation no one was excluded from the G8, because "Eight" Is just a club, which brings together leaders of major countries to discuss issues of mutual interest, and not some kind of structure, where you can kick " and no procedural mechanisms of the exception does not happen.
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