PM Modi to attend G7 Summit in Canada; thanks Carney for invite

Earlier this week, it was reported that for the primary time in six years, Modi was unlikely to attend the G7 summit, quoting folks acquainted with the matter, who additionally stated Ottawa was but to ship an invite to the Indian prime minister for the summit and so his attendance can be too last-minute, however Modi would anyway have skipped it as such a go to would require a whole lot of groundwork contemplating the ties between the 2 sides.

Trudeau had alleged the probably Indian involvement within the killing of Hardeep Singh Nijjar, a radical Khalistani activist. Diplomatic ties between the 2 international locations have been downgraded because the diplomatic row between them escalated.

G7 is the grouping of the world’s seven wealthiest international locations, and India has been getting an invite to attend the distinguished summit since 2019.

The anticipated assembly between Modi and Carney, who’s the brand new chief of the ruling Liberal Get together following Trudeau’s resignation as his celebration’s fortunes dimmed underneath him, has raised the hope of a thaw within the ties between the international locations. Carney was elected as prime minister within the snap elections in March this 12 months.

The G7 bloc contains the US, the UK, France, Germany, Italy and Japan, moreover Canada.

With PTI inputs