By RT
Moscow agrees with Donald Trump’s criticism of the G7 as a “very outdated” institution that does not represent well “what’s going on in the world,” the Russian Foreign Ministry said.
The US president lashed out at the group of seven major industrialized nations last week as he canceled a planned G7 summit in the US. The event was scheduled for June, but Trump said he wanted an extended meeting in September, and wanted Russia to attend.
Moscow’s participation in the group, which used to be known as the G8, was suspended in 2014 after a political crisis in Ukraine and Russia’s reunification with Crimea, which other members labeled an annexation. The Russian government said in response that it was skeptical about the group’s relevance, saying it has long been eclipsed by other fora like the G20.
The G7 was created in the 1970s as a gathering of major Western industrial producers: Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the UK and the US. The balance of economic power in the world has since shifted towards non-members like China.
Trump reportedly wants G7 to be reformed into an anti-China economic bloc. In addition to Russia, he wants it to include Australia, South Korea and India, the US media said after the cancelation of the summit.
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Source: G7 is indeed outdated and out of touch, Moscow agrees with Trump
