Four years ago, on March 24, 2014, the leaders from the Group of Seven (G-7) major industrial powers (Canada, Britain, France, Germany, Italy, Japan and the U.S.), issued a statement suspending their participation in the G-8 with Russia.
During the group’s crisis meeting on the sidelines of a nuclear summit in The Hague, the G-7 demanded that Russia “respect Ukraine’s territorial integrity and sovereignty, begin discussions with the government of Ukraine, and avail itself of offers of international mediation and monitoring to address any legitimate concerns.”