The Daily Populous Monday February 17th, 2025 evening edition
Authored by pravda.com.ua and submitted by Positive_Owl_2024

French Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot has called it impossible for Russia to return to the G7 because the aggressor country is far from democratic.

Source: Le Figaro, as quoted by European Pravda

Quote: "Today it is unimaginable. The G7 is a group of the most developed democracies. Does Russia want to appear as a developed democracy? No. That is why it is unacceptable today."

Details: Jean-Noël Barrot emphasised that Russia "is behaving less and less like a democracy; it is openly and shamelessly attacking other G7 members, so this is unacceptable".

At the same time, he did not rule out Russia returning to the G7 if a "just and lasting peace" is achieved in Ukraine.

Quote: "In the future, why not? The responsibility for this war lies on Putin's shoulders; it was not the Russian people who started this war. If, after we create the conditions for a just and lasting peace, we manage to re-engage with the Russian people, other diplomatic relations are possible."

Recently, US President Donald Trump stated that he would like to see Russia rejoin the Group of Seven (G7), calling its exclusion a "mistake".

Commenting on Trump's remarks, German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock stressed that "there can be no normal cooperation with Russia".

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Not-User-Serviceable on February 17th, 2025 at 10:31 UTC »

Remember when Russia shot down a passenger plane?

Remember when they shot down another one?

Yeah, Russia can eat a bag of dicks.

xroche on February 17th, 2025 at 10:00 UTC »

> > because the aggressor country is far from democratic.

I would also add that the genocidal trends of Putin is also far from being kind.

GTManiK on February 17th, 2025 at 09:53 UTC »

Technically, russia cannot return to G7 because it won't be G7 after that. /s

Practically speaking, this decision should be unanimous - so no way for russia to slip in.