The 40th G7 summit was held 4–5 June, 2014 in Brussels, Belgium. It was originally scheduled to be held as the “40th G8 summit” and be hosted by Russia in the Black Sea resort of Sochi. However, the other seven countries decided on 24 March that the summit would be instead held without Russia in Brussels.
40th G7 summit
Emergency meeting session
Image: Prime Minister Stephen Harper in 2005
Image: François Hollande 2017 (27869823159) (cropped 2)
The Group of Eight (G8) was an inter-governmental political forum from 1997 until 2014. It had formed from incorporating Russia into the Group of Seven, or G7, and returned to its previous name after Russia was expelled in 2014.
Leaders of the G8 on 18 June 2013, in Lough Erne, Northern Ireland
G8 leaders confer during the 2009 summit in L'Aquila (Abruzzo, Italy).
The G8 leaders at the 36th summit in Huntsville, Ontario. Left to right: Cameron, Van Rompuy (European Council), Harper, Medvedev, Kan, Berlusconi, Obama, Barroso (European Commission), Merkel, Sarkozy.
20 July 2001, 27th G8 summit in Genoa, Italy: Protesters burn a police vehicle.