Despite U.S. President Donald Trump’s insistence that Russia should be readmitted into G7, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says Canada would not support Russia’s reintegration into the club of “like-minded nations.”
Russia was kicked out of then G8 in 2014 after it invaded and annexed Crimea and supported pro-Russian rebels in the Donbas region of eastern Ukraine.
“Russia has yet to change the behavior that led to its expulsion in 2014, and therefore should not be allowed back into the G7,” Trudeau told reporters at a press conference at the conclusion of the G7 leaders’ summit in Biarritz, France.
“Russia’s aggression and illegal annexation …read more
Source: Radio Canada International
