Russia's Lavrov about G8: we use other formats

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Monday Russia had not appealed for returning to G8 and that in recent years the country has been effective in other international cooperation formats, e.g. G20. "The impression is that the participants of the G7 group themselves began to convince each other of something (...). We have nothing to do with it, we did not ask anyone for anything," he said.

Ahead of the G7 summit in France last week, the U.S. President Donald Trump said, "I think it's much more appropriate to have Russia in (the group)".

(PAP)