"We should remind ourselves why the G8 became the G7 - it was after Russian Federation illegally annexed Crimea", the source said.
Putin has been driven closer to China by a sharp decline in relations with the West after Moscow's 2014 annexation of Crimea and support for a separatist insurgency in eastern Ukraine. The U.S.is meeting with Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan and the United Kingdom at the summit.
Mr Trump told reporters ahead of the meeting of major industrialised nations in Quebec: "Russia should be in the meeting, should be a part of it".
China's "highest honor" is bestowed on foreigners who have made "outstanding contributions" to the country's modernization drive and helped maintain world peace, Xi said.
Russian President Vladimir Putin said Saturday that Russia was ready to improve relations with the United States, including through personal meetings.
Special prosecutor Robert Mueller is investigating Russia's involvement in the election, including links to Trump's campaign.
Trump said in a second tweet.
Filmed under a blue sky in front of the Kremlin, he added: "We have done our best to ensure that all of our guests - the athletes, the staff and, of course, the fans - feel at home in Russian Federation".
Merkel and Trump also had a brief conversation at the summit but no bilateral meeting. It's a chance for a group of allies to gather together and discuss their common interests and how they might act together to pursue them.
At this week's G7 summit, where he caused consternation by refusing to sign a joint statement, Trump said: 'I think it would be an asset to have Russian Federation back in'.
Other world leaders like President Trần Đại Quang and Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc of Vietnam had also sent their congratulatory messages to their respective Russian counterparts where they highlighted the good relations between Vietnam and Russia and hoped that they would last for a long whole.
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Trade, investment and development cooperation issues will also feature prominently at the SCO, Murphy said, given the climate of "rising anti-globalisation", stoked by Trump's nationalist "America First" policy.
Trump's chief economic adviser said the United States pulled out of supporting the communique because the president was enraged by Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.
The two have bristled over trade and tariffs recently but appeared jovial after their meeting.
Trump's admission would make the tariffs illegal.
"Our relationship is very good". Both countries have joined others in threatening retaliatory tariffs. "We'll see how it all works out".
"As far as I know, the president of the United States said the U.S.is considering the possibility of regulating the additional supply of automotive equipment in the USA market", he said. I have been Russia's worst nightmare.
In his remarks to reporters on the White House lawn before departing for Canada Friday morning, Trump touched on a wide range of topics.
President Trump doesn't want anything to do with that. At the same time Trump said, "I'm not above the law".
On Saturday, U.S. Sen. Noting Ali's conviction had been overturned, Tweel said "there is no conviction from which a pardon is needed".
Senior figures, including Trump, suggested that some kind of joint statement on the need to jointly re-examine commercial relationships might be found before their summit ends on Saturday.
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