PM Modi attends the G7 meeting in Canada and meets with world leaders

Prime Minister Modi was attending the G7 summit meeting outreach session for the record sixth time, having attended in 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 and 2025.

India is not a member of the G7, but as an important emerging economic power and the world’s fourth-largest economy, it has been regularly invited to the G7's outreach session since 2019.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi attended the Outreach session on “ Energy Security”.

The G7 is a group of seven industrialised democratic countries, including Canada, France, Germany, Japan, Italy, the United Kingdom, and the United States.

Prime Minister Modi Meeting with Global Leaders 

Prime Minister Narendra Modi met global leaders on the sidelines of the 51st G7 summit meeting in Canada.

Meeting with Donald Trump

• Prime Minister Modi could not meet the American President Donald Trump as scheduled.
• Donald Trump left the G7 summit early due to the Israel-Iran war. 
• Later, Donald Trump called Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
• PM Modi invited Donald Trump to attend the 7th Quad summit meeting in India later this year.
• Donald Trump accepted the invitation.

Meeting With Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney 

• Mark Carney was the host of the 51st G7 summit meeting.
• This was the first meeting between the two leaders since Prime Minister Carney assumed office after winning the Canadian general election.
• Both sides agreed to the early return of High Commissioners to each other’s capitals.

He also met;

• German Chancellor Friedrich Merz,
• President of Mexico, Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo,
• President of the Republic of South Africa, Cyril Ramaphosa,
•  President of Brazil, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva,
• President of the European Commission, Ms. Ursula von der Leyen,
• Prime Minister of Japan, Shigeru Ishiba,
• Prime Minister of Italy, Ms. Giorgia Meloni,
• President of France, Emmanuel Macron,
• Prime Minister of the United Kingdom,  Keir Starmer,
• President of the Republic of Korea, Lee Jae-myung,
• Prime Minister of Australia, Anthony Albanese

France to host 52nd G7 Summit Meeting in 2026

• France will host the 52nd G7  summit meeting from 14 to 16 June 2026 in the resort town of Evian-les-Bains.
• Evian-les-Bains previously hosted the G7 summit meeting in 2003.
• First summit meeting - France in 1975.

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