Trump's call for Russia return to G7 'unacceptable': former Ukraine PM

Yatsenyuk says peace talks will fail without EU involvement in crafting joint plan

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Russian President Vladimir Putin launched the full-scale invasion of Ukraine on Feb. 24, 2022. (Sputnik via Reuters)

TAKASHI TSUJI

MUNICH -- U.S. President Donald Trump's talk of bringing Russia back into the Group of Seven amid negotiations toward ending Moscow's war in Ukraine is "completely unacceptable," former Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk says.

Speaking with Nikkei on Sunday at the Munich Security Conference, Yatsenyuk urged Japan and other members of the G7 not to allow Russia to return or "even to hold these kind of talks," asserting that the group's members should share values of freedom and democracy.

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