The Kremlin said on Tuesday that U.S. President Donald Trump was right to assert that it had been a big mistake to expel Russia from the Group of Eight in 2014, but that the G7 was no longer significant for Russia and looked "rather useless" now.

Trump has long said he would like to see the G7 return to a G8 format, bringing Moscow back into the fold as it was before Russia’s annexation of Crimea in 2014. “This was a big mistake. You wouldn’t have that war,

Trump said expelling Russian President Vladimir Putin from the group in 2014, then called G8, was a mistake Welcoming G7 members, Carney said the world is looking at them for leadership and they are at "turning point in history" Edited by Brandon Livesay with chief North America correspondent Gary O’Donoghue and Jessica Murphy at the G7 in Alberta It's the inaugural gathering for several key leaders,