PM Modi to attend G7 meeting in Canada

Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday (June 6, 2025) said he will attend the G7 meeting scheduled to be happening in Canada.

In a post on X, Mr. Modi said he is glad to have received a call from Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney, and that he is looking forward to meeting him.

“Glad to receive a call from Prime Minister Mark Carney of Canada. Look forward to our meeting at the Summit,” he said.

India and Canada will work together with renewed vigour, guided by mutual respect and shared interests, the PM added.

“As vibrant democracies bound by deep people-to-people ties, India and Canada will work together with renewed vigour, guided by mutual respect and shared interests,” he said in the post.

Mr. Modi also said he congratulated Mr. Carney on his win in the recently held elections in Canada.

This meeting is important as it comes in the backdrop of he India-Canada relations hitting rock bottom following the then Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s allegations in 2023 of a potential Indian link to the killing of pro-Khalistan separatist Hardeep Singh Nijjar.

Recently, Congress had claimed that India not being invited to the G7 meeting in Canada is “yet another big diplomatic bungle” after the blunder of allowing the U.S. to “mediate” between India and Pakistan.

G7 constitutes leaders of the Group of Seven, the U.S., Canada, Germany, France, Japan, the U.K. and Italy.

Published - June 06, 2025 06:56 pm IST