BERLIN (AP) — Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper says Russia won’t return to the Group of Eight industrialized nations unless President Vladimir Putin fundamentally changes course.

After talks Thursday with German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Harper said despite “all of our efforts to make Mr. Putin a partner, he has not desired to be a partner, he’s desired to be a rival, and that’s just a reality we have to come to terms with.”

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