Japan's top govt official says G7 framework should be maintained

Japan's Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga on August 11 said that it is very important to maintain framework of Group of Seven (G7), an organisation consisting of seven major developed countries. Suga's comment comes a day after United States President Donald Trump said he is yet to decide on wher to invite Russian President to this year's summit or t, which is scheduled to be held in United States. 

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Russia was expelled from G7, what was kwn as Group of Eight (G8) n after it illegally annexed Crimea region from Ukraine in 2014. Donald Trump, on several occasions, has expressed his willingness to invite Vlimir Putin to this year's meet, which will be chaired by United States, but his remarks have always garnered criticism from or member states, which includes United Kingdom, Germany, France, Italy, Cana, and Japan. 

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Recently, Germany's foreign minister Heiko Mass also rejected Trump's proposal to invite Russia to G7. Trump h said that it was "common sense" to invite Moscow back to group consisting of top vanced ecomies of word. Mass while rejecting Trump's proposal said that Russia should only be invited back to group when conflict in Ukraine is resolved in a meaningful way. Britain and Cana have also echoed similar sentiments in past. 

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Summit after US poll?

Meanwhile, Donald Trump, who h earlier anunced but retracted that he wanted to hold this year's meet at his private resort in Florida, w wants to hold G7 only after upcoming presidential poll in vember is over. Donald Trump on August 10 told reporters outside White House that he wants to hold summit after election is over.  

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