俄羅斯：從G8除名只能起反作用

Russia has dismissed as "counterproductive" a move by world powers to cut Moscow out of the Group of Eight industrialized nations over its actions in Ukraine.

The spokesman for Russian President Vladimir Putin ((Dmitry Peskov)) made the comment one day after the seven other G8 nations agreed to hold their own Group of Seven summit in June instead of attending the previously-planned G8 meeting in Russia.

In a joint statement issued on the sidelines of a nuclear security summit in The Hague, Netherlands, the leaders of the U.S., Britain, Canada, France, Germany, Italy and Japan said they were suspending their participation with Russia in the G8, until Moscow "changes course." Western powers have been moving to isolate Russia over its annexation of the Crimean peninsula from Ukraine.

Russian news agencies quote the Kremlin spokesman as saying Russia is ready for and interested in continuing contacts with its fellow G8 countries. But Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Monday it would be "no great tragedy" if Russia were dropped from the coalition.俄羅斯說， 七國集團經濟會議決定取消俄羅斯的八國集團資格只能起到反作用。

美國總統奧巴馬和七國集團其他國家的領導人星期一決定在6月份舉行自己的七國集團峯會，而不是出席原計劃在俄羅斯舉行的八國會議。

俄羅斯總統普京的發言人星期二就此發表評論。

美國、英國、法國、德國、意大利、加拿大和日本的領導人在海牙舉行的核安全峯會期間召開了會議，討論俄羅斯吞併克里米亞半島的問題。

上述國家的領導人在會後發佈的聯合聲明中表示，在莫斯科“改弦易轍”之前，暫停其八國集團成員資格。

俄羅斯媒體援引克里姆林宮發言人的話說，俄羅斯隨時準備而且有興趣繼續與八國集團成員進行接觸，但是俄羅斯外長拉夫羅夫星期一說，如果俄羅斯被除名，也不是什麼“了不起的悲劇”。