Evian [France], June 16 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday joined a number of international leaders for the normal group {photograph} on the 52nd G7 Summit being held within the lakeside resort of Evian-les-Bains, France.
Captured within the iconic body alongside PM Modi had been key world leaders, together with European Council President Antonio Costa, Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, US President Donald Trump, French President Emmanuel Macron, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer, Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney, Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, and Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva.
Before the group picture was taken, French President Emmanuel Macron welcomed Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the venue of the G7 Summit 2026 in Evian, France.
PM Modi had arrived within the French metropolis earlier on Tuesday to attend the high-profile gathering, following an official invitation from the French President. This particular invitation marks India’s thirteenth look on the summit as a companion nation, alongside being the seventh consecutive time the Prime Minister is collaborating within the international discussion board.
Before he arrived in France, the Prime Minister had made a quick transit cease in Geneva, Switzerland, the place he initiated his European diplomatic outreach by assembly with Swiss Confederation President Guy Parmelin.
Commenting on the transit halt, Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) Spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal acknowledged that the 2 leaders exchanged heat greetings and reiterated their shared dedication to deepening the India-Switzerland partnership.
Setting the stage for India’s energetic engagement in Evian following these preliminary diplomatic interactions, PM Modi is scheduled to take part in a key working session titled ‘Forging New Partnerships and Rebuilding International Solidarity’.
This session will convey collectively leaders from G7 international locations, companion nations and heads of outstanding international monetary establishments, together with the World Bank and the African Development Bank, with deliberations anticipated to centre on worldwide cooperation, sustainable improvement and urgent international financial challenges.
Beyond these collective classes, the Prime Minister’s itinerary is filled with high-level diplomacy on the sidelines of the occasion, the place he’s slated to carry a collection of essential bilateral conferences with international counterparts, together with Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney, UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer and UAE President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan.
Adding to this intense diplomatic schedule, a extremely anticipated bilateral assembly with US President Donald Trump can be on the playing cards for 17 June, which the White House confirmed will focus closely on advancing the proposed India-US commerce settlement.
The complete multi-nation diplomatic momentum main as much as PM Modi’s arrival in France follows a landmark go to to Slovakia, which marked a historic milestone because the first-ever go to by an Indian Prime Minister for the reason that Central European nation gained independence in 1993.
That preliminary leg of the tour culminated in a serious improve of bilateral relations, with either side elevating their ties to a Comprehensive Partnership, paving the best way for enhanced cooperation in expertise, defence, commerce, training, innovation and people-to-people ties.
Reflecting warmly on the profitable conclusion of that historic Slovakian leg simply earlier than pivoting to the G7 stage, PM Modi shared, ‘Concluding a historic and productive go to to Slovakia. The outcomes of this go to will go a good distance in strengthening bilateral ties between our nations. Stronger commerce relations will enormously profit our youth. Gratitude to the Slovakian authorities and folks for the heat. I’m very grateful to Prime Minister Fico for coming to see me off.’
Summing up the trajectory of the prime ministerial tour, MEA Spokesperson Jaiswal additional underscored that the preliminary go to had efficiently scripted a brand new chapter in India-Slovakia relations, setting a collaborative tone that PM Modi now carries into the broader G7 deliberations. (ANI)