During the 47th Group of Seven (G7) meeting in the United Kingdom, several world leaders appreciated India’s G7 engagement and Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s interventions, said the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA), adding that India’s engagement was “fruitful and productive”.
Speaking at a special briefing, P Harish, Additional Secretary (ER), MEA, said: “I can say without hesitation that India’s engagement with the G7 and guest countries stand on its own. That is his second G7 summit, as I have said; PM Modi has attended after Biarritz in France in 2019. This is also the first time that India has been engaged at a ministerial level and a working level tracks as a guest country. This is a significant engagement.”
“PM Johnson referred to the four guest countries as forming a democratic – eleven and many countries appreciated India’s G7 engagement and Pm’s interventions in the sessions, which found great resonance in the gathering. So I can say that our engagement was fruitful, it was productive and we hope to take our engagement forward in various initiatives including in the COP26,” he added.
Elaborating on PM Modi’s engagement, Harish informed that his participation in the Summit was based on three broad tracks – global health vaccines and recovery from COVID-19, environmental and climate change and open societies and open economies. The Prime Minister also spoke on the need for open and democratic societies to work together and strengthen each others’ hands to defend the values that they hold dear and respond to increasing challenges.
However, the issue of China was not particularly raised by India during the summit, but the issue was being discussed in other for a, said the MEA Additional Secretary.
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