Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said that Russia has never sought to return to the G8 and focuses on other formats of international cooperation, where its approaches are shared. This is reported by the Russian First Channel.

Lavrov also said that Russia normally reacted to its exclusion from the Group of Eight and the return of countries to the format of the Seven.

"We never asked anyone back. And we are perfectly working in other formats: in the SCO, and in the BRICS, and especially in the twenty that share our approaches. Within the framework of the twenty already ultimatums you will not manage, there it is necessary to agree, "the minister said..

The Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation believes that the G20 is "the most promising format for the future and a mechanism for reaching consensus".

Earlier it was reported that US President Donald Trump called for the return of the Russian Federation to the G8.

On the first day of the summit, EU countries did not support Trump in returning Russia to the club.

Source: HB.