Prime Minister Narendra Modi has been invited by his British counterpart Boris Johnson to attend the G7 summit in the UK as a guest in June this year. The summit will be held in England’s Cornwall region from 11-13 June.
Last year, US President Donald Trump had extended an invite to Prime Minister Modi for an expanded G7 meeting to discuss China.
On Sunday, an official statement issued by the British High Commission in New Delhi said that Prime Minister Johnson will use the G7 presidency to unite leading democracies to help the world build back better from coronavirus and create a greener, fairer and more prosperous future.
The G7—UK, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the US—along with the EU is the only forum where the world’s most influential and open societies and advanced economies come together for close-knit discussions.
The UK has also invited heads of Australia and South Korea to attend as guest countries to deepen the expertise and experience around the table.
The statement said that Prime Minister Johnson’s ambition is to use the G7 to intensify cooperation between the world’s democratic and technologically advanced nations. Between them the 10 leaders represent over 60 per cent of people living in democracies
