As the president noted, “everyone understands today, and President Macron just recently publicly said that the leadership of the West is ending.”
“I can’t imagine an effective international organization that works without India and without China, so any format they benefit is always a positive exchange of views, even when it is being raised. As far as I understand, this was the case with the Seven this time. It’s all the same useful, therefore we don’t refuse any format of cooperation, ”Putin said.
In late August, US leader Donald Trump announced that he would invite Putin to the next G7 meeting in the United States.
As the Kremlin noted, “a visit for a visit, contact for a contact, a summit for a summit is not what Putin used to do.”
RT is broadcasting live.