Russian President Vladimir Putin on Sunday dismissed
criticism by the Group of 7 nations as "creative babbling" and said
it was time to start cooperating again.
"I believe it's necessary to stop this creative
babbling and shift to concrete issues related to real cooperation," Putin
told reporters in the Chinese city of Qingdao, when asked to comment on a G7
joint statement.
He also said the G7 countries had "again" failed
to provide any evidence that Russia was behind the poisoning of a former double
agent and his daughter in Britain in March.
G7 leaders demanded Saturday that Russia stop what they
described as attempts to undermine democracy and support for the Syrian regime
as they closed the door on Moscow's readmission to the club.
The G7 endorsed Britain's accusation that Moscow was behind
the poisoning attack in the southwest of England on former double agent Sergei
Skripal and his daughter Yulia.
"We share and agree with the United Kingdom's
assessment that it is highly likely that the Russian Federation was responsible
for the attack, and that there is no plausible alternative explanation,"
the G7 statement said.
As in the past, Putin took issue with the phrase
"highly likely", saying that G7 nations' solidarity was based on
"flimsy ground.
;highly likely", saying that G7 nations' solidarity was based on
"flimsy ground."
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