The leaders of the Group of Seven big industrial powers met in Brussels last night in a highly symbolic gathering that formally excluded Russia from the club for the first time in 17 years.
The dinner meeting, the first of a scheduled two days of summitry, was not expected to agree new action on Russia sanctions or change the allies’ positions on their diplomatic approach over the continuing crisis in Ukraine.
But it served to highlight suspicion of the Kremlin’s motives, despite recent moves by President Vladimir Putin that appeared aimed at easing the crisis, including withdrawing troops from the Ukrainian border and agreeing to attend tomorrow’s Normandy landings commemoration along with Petro Poroshenko, the Ukrainian president-elect.
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