TORONTO – The Ukrainian World Congress (UWC) said it is “appalled by the suggestion made on June 8 by U.S. President Donald Trump, and supported by Italy’s Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte, that the Russian Federation be reinstated as a member of the Group of Seven.”
A news released from the UWC noted: “In June 2014, the Russian Federation was excluded from the G-8 summit that was originally scheduled to be held in Sochi, Russian Federation, and later moved in another format, without the Russian Federation, to Brussels. The decision was made by G-7 leaders in unanimous condemnation of the Russian Federation’s military aggression against Ukraine and the illegal invasion of Crimea, and as a reaffirmation of their support for the people of Ukraine and the fundamental principle of the territorial integrity of independent countries.”