“We strongly recommend and ask the presidential administration not to abandon the political vector, which implies the exclusion of Russia from the G7, until its political course of direct destabilization of the situation in the United States and other responsible states changes radically,” the Democrats said in a letter.
In their opinion, the decision to exclude Russia was “right”, as it “posed a threat to the world community and still poses an obvious danger to the United States and other existing countries that are members of the Group of Seven.”
The congressmen believe that the restoration of Russia's status in the G7 “will nullify the years of hard work and unity of the world community in confronting” Russia.
According to them, Moscow was allegedly to blame for the crash of the Malaysian Boeing in Ukraine in 2014, as well as "interfered" in the US elections and allegedly tried to prevent Montenegro from joining NATO.
Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova previously stated that allegations of Russia's involvement in the Malaysian Boeing disaster have no basis and are based on dubious sources.
On June 1, American leader Donald Trump during a telephone conversation told Russian President Vladimir Putin about his idea of holding a G7 summit with a possible invitation from the leaders of Russia, Australia, India and the Republic of Korea.