Reiterating the concerns and priorities of the Global South countries which “are bearing brunt of global uncertainties and tensions”, Prime Minister Narendra Modi spoke at the G7 Outreach event on Friday and said: “India has considered it its responsibility to put priorities and concerns of countries of the Global South on world stage.” He further highlighted India’s presidency of the G20, under which the African Union was made a permanent member of the grouping. During G20 Summit hosted by India last year, we stressed on importance of international governance in field of AI,” he added.
PM Modi, in the first foreign trip of his third term, arrived in Italy early on Friday to attend the outreach session — focusing on issues relating to artificial intelligence (AI), energy, Africa and the Mediterranean — at the 50th Group of Seven (G7) leaders’ summit. On the sidelines, he also held discussions with his UK counterpart Rishi Sunak, as well as French President Emmanuel Macron and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. Hours before these meetings, Modi showcased the scale of Indian elections as “the biggest festival of democracy in the world”, and framed his “historic victory” as a “victory of democracy” and “victory of the entire democratic world”.
The G7 leaders’ summit is being held in the luxury resort of Borgo Egnazia in Italy’s Apulia region from June 13 to 15. The annual summit gathered representatives of Italy, Canada, France, Germany, Japan, the United Kingdom, the United States, and the European Union (EU). The centrepiece of the opening day was a political agreement on an outline deal to provide $50 billion of loans for Ukraine using interest from Russian sovereign assets frozen after Moscow invaded its neighbour in 2022.
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