The Kananaskis meet is PM Modi’s sixth consecutive participation within the G7 Summit.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi.(DPR PMO)
Discussions with world leaders on the G-7 Summit can be centered on essential international points, together with vitality safety, know-how and innovation.
“At the Summit, the Prime Minister will alternate views with leaders of G-7 international locations, different invited outreach international locations and Heads of International Organisations on essential international points, together with vitality safety, know-how and innovation, significantly the AI-energy nexus and Quantum-related points,” the Ministry of External Affairs earlier mentioned.
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Modi, who’s on a three-nation tour, arrived Monday night (native time) in Canada from Cyprus on the invitation of Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney.
The Kananaskis gathering on June 16-17 is the Prime Minister’s sixth consecutive participation within the G7 Summit.
PM Modi to carry bilateral conferences in Canada
Prime Minister Modi can even maintain a number of bilateral conferences on the sidelines of the Summit, coming over a month after India’s Operation Sindoor that had focused terror infrastructure in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir in retaliation for the April 22 Pahalgam assaults.
India-Canada ties and the G-7 Summit
Newly elected Prime Minister Mark Carney’s invitation to Modi to attend the G7 Summit signalled the brand new authorities’s intent to restore the ties with New Delhi that plummeted to an all-time low after Canada’s baseless allegations linked to the killing of pro-Khalistani separatist Hardeep Singh Nijjar.
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However, in the previous couple of months, the safety officers of India and Canada resumed contact, and each side had been taking a look at the opportunity of appointing new excessive commissioners.
Describing India and Canada as “vibrant democracies”, the exterior affairs ministry mentioned final week that New Delhi believes the forthcoming assembly between the prime ministers of the 2 international locations on the sidelines of the G7 Summit will provide an vital alternative to alternate views and “explore pathways” to reset bilateral ties.
(with PTI inputs)
