Trump called Russia's exclusion from the G8 a mistake

Russia's exclusion from the G8 was a mistake. This was announced on June 16 by US President Donald Trump before the G7 summit in Canada.

"Once upon a time, the G7 was the G8, [former US President] Barack Obama and a man named [former Canadian Prime Minister Justin] Trudeau did not want to see Russia in it. I would say that it was a mistake, because I think there would not be a conflict now if Russia were in the G8," he said.

The G7 currently includes the United Kingdom, Germany, Italy, Canada, the United States, France and Japan. Russia has been a member of the international club for 17 years, since 1997. In 2014, Western countries stopped working in the G8 format and returned to the G7 format.

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