This week, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will make his first international trip since winning the Lok Sabha elections for a third term in office. PM Modi will travel to Italy to take part in the Group of Seven (G7) summit, which will be held between June 13 and 15.
The luxurious resort of Borgo Egnazia, situated in the Apulia region of Italy, will host the annual summit of the group of seven advanced economies this year.
The G7 summit is likely to be centred around the ongoing war in Russia and Ukraine as well as the conflict in Gaza between Israel and Hamas. Volodymyr Zelenskyy, the president of Ukraine, is also expected to address a session on the Russian invasion.
In addition to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, other prominent world leaders who are expected to be present include US President Joe Biden, French President Emmanuel Macron, Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. As of yet, Modi’s visit to Italy has not been formally announced.
PM Modi will depart for Italy on June 13 and will return by late evening on June 14. The reports stated that NSA Ajit Doval, Foreign Secretary Vinay Kwatra, and External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar are likely to be in the high-level delegation accompanying the Prime Minister.
In addition to meeting with Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, PM Modi is expected to undertake many bilateral discussions on the sidelines of the G7 summit.
PM Modi was in Hiroshima for the G7 summit last year. On the sidelines of the summit, he had meetings with Zelenskyy and other world leaders.
The US, UK, France, Italy, Germany, Canada, and Japan make up the G7. Italy is hosting the summit in its position as the G7’s current president. Maintaining the rules-based international order has been a major priority for the Italian presidency.
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