Need wider G7-style group, with China, India, Turkey: Russia’s Vladimir Putin

Russian President Vladimir Putin was speaking at an economic forum in Russia’s Far East.

Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday that Russia was ready to host a meeting of the G7/G8 group of nations, and would welcome a wider format featuring Turkey, India and China.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the Eastern Economic Forum Summit in Vladivostok on Thursday. (Twitter/ Narendra Modi)

Putin, who was speaking at an economic forum in Russia’s Far East, said he could not imagine an effective international organisation without China or India.

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