Italian ex-PM Berlusconi says moves to expel Russia from G8 counterproductive

Italy’s former Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi dubbed as counterproductive the refusal of G7 leaders to continue a dialogue with Russia on the G8 agenda.
“I consider all decisions of Western diplomacy of the recent hours as narrow-minded and being at variance with a constructive spirit,” Berlusconi told reporters, commenting on a threat of G7 leaders to expel Russia from G8 over Crimea.
He said all that was out of accord with long and painstaking work done by Italy earlier.