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Russia’s Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov says Moscow is not in talks with the United States about its potential role at a summit of the Group of Seven (G7) scheduled to be held this summer.
Ryabkov made the comments during an interview with TASS news agency on Saturday, stressing that China should also be included in the expanded G7 summit initiative.
Back in May, US President Donald Trump proposed that the current format of the group of seven advanced economies in the world is “outdated” and that it should be expanded so that it could include other countries, such as India, Australia, South Korea and Russia.
On Friday, John Sullivan, the US Ambassador to Russia, also said in an interview with RBC TV that Washington had been “engaged with the Russian Foreign Ministry and with the other G7 governments about whether there is an appropriate role for Russia at the G7.”
Ryabkov’s comments were apparently made in response to those of the US envoy.
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