Business Insider: Germany has rejected Trump's bid to bring Russia back into the G7
* Germany has rejected President Trump's suggestion that Russia should be re-admitted to the "Group of Seven" meeting of leading economies.
* Russia was expelled in 2014 after President Vladimir Putin annexed the Crimean Peninsula and backed a rebellion in eastern Ukraine.
* Heiko Maas, Germany's foreign secretary, said there was no prospect of re-admitting Russia until it had resolved the situation in eastern Ukraine and Crimea.
* 'As long as we do not have a solution there, I see no chance for this,' he said.
Trump told Fox News in June: "It's not a question of what he's done. It's a question of common sense."
Germany has rejected President Trump's proposal for Russia to be re-admitted to the "Group of Seven" meeting of leading economies.
Russia had been a member of the intergovernmental group — which comprises Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the UK, and the US — as an eighth member until its expulsion in 2014 after Putin annexed the Crimean Peninsula and backed a rebellion in eastern Ukraine.
Heiko Maas, Germany's foreign secretary, said there was no prospect of re-admitting Russia until it had resolved the situation in eastern Ukraine and Crimea.
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WNU Editor: Germany may not want Russia readmitted back to the G7, but they want that Russian pipeline .... What next for Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline? (DW). Both Canada and the UK have also voiced their objections to readmitting Russia back to the G7.
Update: Russian President Putin has remarked on this German rejection .... Kremlin on Maas' G7 'Statement': Russia Not Seeking to Rejoin Group (Spuntik).
More News On Germany Rejecting President's Trump's Proposal To Let Russia Back Into G7
Germany rejects Trump's proposal to let Russia back into G7: foreign minister -- Reuters
Maas: Germany against US push to let Russia back into G7 -- DW
German Foreign Minister Speaks Out Against Including Russia in G7 -- Sputnik
Even under Reagan we was taking USSR seriously. Well, it weight 7,000 nuclear warheads. Of course we can have a lot of difference with Russia, but much less than with China.
ReplyDeleteRussia is a Christian country and all the problems we have with it are perfectly fixable. So.