German MP Stegner calls Russia's return to the G7 desirable
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Ralf Stegner, deputy of the Bundestag foreign policy committee from the SPD, called it desirable for Russia to return to the G7. This is reported by Izvestia.
The politician said that this is his personal assessment. “As for the real situation, this can only happen when we make progress on the issues that are being discussed today,” he said.
Stegner noted that the change of government in the United States should be taken into account, despite all the contradictions between the German and American side, “accumulated due to the period of government” of former US President Donald Trump.
Russia was a member of the G8 until the annexation of Crimea in March 2014. After that, the leaders of the other G8 countries (France, Great Britain, the USA, Germany, Japan, Italy and Canada) refused to come to the summit in Sochi, having held a meeting in Brussels without the participation of Moscow. It was also decided to no longer hold meetings in the G8 format.
