The 40th G7 summit was held 4–5 June 2014 in

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, Belgium. It was originally scheduled to be held as the "40th G8 summit" and be hosted by Russia in the Black Sea resort of

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. However, Russia was excluded from the grouping due to its annexation of Crimea and the remaining members chose to hold the summit instead in Brussels.Leaders plan Brussels G7 in June instead of G8 in Sochi
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, there was talk of suspending or expelling Russia from the G8. On 24 March, British Prime Minister

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announced that the meeting would not take place in Russia due to its annexation of Crimea."G8 summit 'won't be held in Russia'"
BBC News, 24 March 2014; retrieved 2014-3-24. The G8 is an unofficial forum which brings together the heads of major economies — Germany, France, the United Kingdom, Italy, Japan, the United States, Canada (all since 1976),
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"Factbox: The Group of Eight: what is it?"
July 3, 2008. When the seven founding countries decided to hold the 40th such meeting without Russia, it became the "40th G7 summit".

Leaders at the summit

The attendees included the leaders of the seven G7 member states, as well as representatives of the

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. The

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is a permanently welcome participant in all meetings and decision-making since 1981. The 40th G7 summit was the first summit for Italian Prime Minister

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Participants

Cancelled Sochi summit

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was planned to be used to host the G8 summit. No additional pre-summit costs were budgeted. Following the Russian annexation of Crimea in March 2014, Italy, Japan, Germany, Canada, France, the United Kingdom, and the United States as well as the

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and

held an extraordinary G7 summit in

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and suspended their participation in preparatory meetings for the G8. In a statement, the leaders of the G7 countries stated that the annexation of Crimea was against the principles of the G7 and contravened the

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and its 1997 basing agreement with Ukraine.

Gallery of participating leaders

Core G7 participants

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Commission President (Host)

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