Trump and Macron agree that Russia should be invited to next year’s G7 conference

President Donald Trump on Tuesday expressed his support for reinstating Russia into the G7, and French President Emmanuel Macron has agreed with the President that Russia should be invited to the G7 conference in 2020, according to a senior administration official CNN reports Later in the day, a senior administration official told CNN Trump and Macron agreed in a phone conversation Tuesday that they wanted to invite Russia to the G7 next year. It was Macron who suggested inviting Russia to the gathering next year, and Trump agreed, the source said. The US will host the G7 in 2020. Trump is expected to discuss this topic with other world leaders this weekend during a meeting of seven leaders in French Biarritz. It’s unclear how the process to decide if Russia should be at the table next year will play out. On the eve, Trump announced that “it’s much more appropriate to have Russia in” the group. He noted that he would support the proposal, since “many of the things that are discussed in the G7 concern Russia.” The G8 format ceased to exist in 2014 after Russia annexed Crimea. Then the leaders of the world powers refused to participate in the G8 Summit, which Russia, as chairman, was to hold in Sochi. Instead, a meeting of the G7 took place in Brussels - G7 (France, Great Britain, USA, Germany, Japan, Italy and Canada. The presidents of the EU Council and the European Commission also take part in the summit). Earlier, Russian President Vladimir Putin responded to a proposal to return the G8 format: “As for Russia's return to the G8, G8, we have not left it. Please, we will be glad to see everyone there in Moscow, ”he said. Tape