Canadian PM Mark Carney receives Indian PM Narendra Modi as the G7 Summit in Kananaskis

đź•’ 2025-06-18

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📍 Location: Delhi, India

🌍 Country: Kananaskis

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney receives Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi as he arrives at the venue of the G7 Summit in Kananaskis, Alberta. Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney announced a new package of sanctions against Russia as the G7 summit wrapped up in Alberta. G7 summit highlights: PM Modi urges global action against terrorism, highlights voice of Global South. Reaffirming India’s stand against terrorism, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has urged leaders of the G7 to galvanise global action against terrorism, and underscored the need for strict action against those who “promote and support” it. In his address Tuesday at the G7 Outreach Session here in Canada, the Prime Minister also called for attention to the Global South’s concerns and priorities. Earlier, the Prime Minister said he held “productive” exchanges with G7 leaders on key global challenges and shared aspirations for a better planet. The G7 summit comes amidst rising geopolitical tensions, including escalating tensions in the Middle East in the wake of the strikes between Iran and Israel, as well as a trade war triggered by U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariff policies. Mr. Trump, who arrived in Kananaskis Sunday (June 15, 2025) for the G7 Summit was expected to have bilateral meetings with many world leaders. However, Mr. Trump is abruptly leaving the summit, departing a day early Monday as the conflict between Israel and Iran intensifies and the U.S. leader has declared that Tehran should be evacuated “immediately.” Read: G7 leaders want to contain Israel-Iran conflict, as Donald Trump calls for talks between countries The Group of Seven (G7) is an informal grouping of the world’s advanced economies- France, the U.S., the U.K., Germany, Japan, Italy and Canada and the European Union. Its members meet annually at the G7 Summit to discuss global economic and geopolitical issues. India, the fifth-largest economy in the world, has regularly been invited to the Outreach session of the G7 Summit in the past few years. The summit is expected to deliberate on pressing challenges facing the globe including the Russia-Ukraine conflict and the situation in West Asia.

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