G7 Summit Live Updates: PM Modi With world leaders at the @G7 Summit in Italy.
(Photo: X/@narendramodi)PM Narendra Modi in Italy, G7 Summit Live Updates: Prime Minister Narendra Modi once again brought up the concerns and priorities of the Global South countries at the G7 Outreach event on Friday.
Modi, in the first foreign trip of his third term, arrived in Italy early today to attend an outreach session of the 50th Group of Seven (G7) leaders’ summit.
On reaching Italy, the Prime Minister said that he was “looking forward to engaging in productive discussions with world leaders”.
The G7 leaders’ summit is being held in the luxury resort of Borgo Egnazia in Italy’s Apulia region from June 13 to 15.
G7 Summit Live Updates: PM Modi With world leaders at the @G7 Summit in Italy. (Photo: X/@narendramodi)
PM Narendra Modi in Italy, G7 Summit Live Updates: Prime Minister Narendra Modi once again brought up the concerns and priorities of the Global South countries at the G7 Outreach event on Friday. Addressing the event, Modi said, “India has considered it its responsibility to put priorities and concerns of countries of the Global South on world stage.” He added that these countries “are bearing brunt of global uncertainties and tensions”. He further highlighted India’s presidency of the G20, under which the African Union was made a permanent member of the grouping. Modi also said, “India is among first few countries to formulate a national strategy in Artificial Intelligence. During G20 Summit hosted by India last year, we stressed on importance of international governance in field of AI”.
Modi, in the first foreign trip of his third term, arrived in Italy early today to attend an outreach session of the 50th Group of Seven (G7) leaders’ summit. He held discussions with his UK counterpart Rishi Sunak, as well as French President Emmanuel Macron and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. The G7 session is expected to focus on issues relating to artificial intelligence (AI), energy, Africa and the Mediterranean. On reaching Italy, the Prime Minister said that he was “looking forward to engaging in productive discussions with world leaders”.
What happened on Day 1 of the summit? The G7 leaders’ summit is being held in the luxury resort of Borgo Egnazia in Italy’s Apulia region from June 13 to 15. The annual summit gathered representatives of Italy, Canada, France, Germany, Japan, the United Kingdom, the United States, and the European Union (EU). The centrepiece of the opening day was a political agreement on an outline deal to provide $50 billion of loans for Ukraine using interest from Russian sovereign assets frozen after Moscow invaded its neighbour in 2022.
