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Russia’s Return to G7 Group 'Entirely in Putin's Hands' – German Minister

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Russia’s Return to G7 Group 'Entirely in Putin's Hands' – German Minister

10:09 GMT 04.06.2015

© AP Photo / Charles DharapakUS President Barack Obama, third left, walks with, from left to right: Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi; Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper; British Prime Minister David Cameron; European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso; French President Francois Hollande; Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe; after a G7 group photo

US President Barack Obama, third left, walks with, from left to right: Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi; Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper; British Prime Minister David Cameron; European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso; French President Francois Hollande; Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe; after a G7 group photo - Sputnik International

Russia’s return to the Group of Seven – formerly eight – world leaders depends on the implementation of the Ukrainian peace deal, Germany’s Development Minister Gerd Mueller said.

MOSCOW (Sputnik) — The Minsk accords is a 13-point roadmap to bring peace to southeastern Ukraine that was hammered out in February 2015 in the Belarusian capital Minsk with mediation by Russian, German and French leaders.

"Russia’s reentry to the G8 is entirely in [Russian President] Vladimir Putin’s hands. The agreed Minsk accords must be implemented, and then he will have his place at the table back," Mueller told in an interview with German daily Passauer Neue Presse published Thursday.

Germany's Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier talks to the press - Sputnik International

German FM Steinmeier: We Need Russia Back in G8

4 June 2015, 08:27 GMT

At the height of the Ukrainian standoff in June 2014, G7 leaders from Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Britain and the United States bowed out of a planned trip to Russia for a Sochi summit and instead held a meeting in Brussels, Belgium.

They are due to gather this June 7-8 in Germany’s Bavaria, again without the Russian leader.

Commenting on the division, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov noted that no one has the power to banish a nation from the Group since it is an informal club bringing together world leaders to discuss issues of mutual interest.