Contacts between G8 countries continue at expert level – Peskov

MOSCOW. March 25 (Interfax) – G8 contacts between countries that were held as part of preparations for the G8 summit in Sochi continue today at the expert level but in other formats, the Russian president’s press secretary Dmitry Peskov told Interfax.

“Some meetings have been cancelled. Other meetings have been held in a broader format because they envision the participation of a larger number of countries at the expert level. In other words, our work continues at the expert level,” Peskov told Interfax, after being asked whether or not Russia has officially suspended preparations for the planned G8 summit in Sochi following G7 leaders’ refusal to attend it.