50th G7 Summit: Know Date, Venue and Host Country; PM Modi in Attendance

Prime Minister Narendra Modi reached Italy to participate in the 50th G7 leader's summit. This is his first overseas journey following his third term as prime minister. PM Modi is expected to take part in a number of bilateral talks as well as a summit outreach session today, as per the ministry of external affairs. The key focus of the discussion will include energy, artificial intelligence, Africa, and the Mediterranean.

Landed in Italy to take part in the G7 Summit. Looking forward to engaging in productive discussions with world leaders. Together, we aim to address global challenges and foster international cooperation for a brighter future. pic.twitter.com/muXi30p4Bj

— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) June 13, 2024

The prime minister's attendance at the G7 meeting would also present an appropriate chance to discuss matters of great importance to the Global South. India can also use this opportunity to follow up on the conclusions of the G20 meeting, which India presided over last year. 

India and G7 Summit

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has already arrived in Apulia for the G7 Summit taking place in Italy. This is his PM Modi's fifth consecutive year attending the G7 summit as the Prime Minister of India. 

India has attended the G7 summit a total of 10 times. With this 50th session the counting will go up to 11. According to the foreign secretary, “India's consistent attendance at the G7 conference indicates that New Delhi's efforts to solve global concerns are becoming more widely acknowledged.”

50th G7 Summit: Date and Venue

The 50th session of the G7 summit will be held from June 13 to June 15 at the luxurious Borgo Egnazia resort in the Apulia region of Italy. Discussions over the ongoing war in Ukraine and the strife in Gaza are anticipated to take center stage.

The last year’s host of the summit was Japan. The 49th summit was held in Hiroshima in May 2023.

50th G7 Summit Agenda

The 50th G7 summit is in session from June 13th. The summit will focus on some key agendas that are a matter of concern for all of the member nations. The G7 summit in Apulia provides a chance for leaders to show their commitment to maintaining international order and strengthening their relationships with developing countries. 

The  summit will consist of 6 sessions, in which the countries will be discussing the following topics:

• Africa, climate change and development
• Ongoing situation in the Middle East
• Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine
• migration
• Indo-Pacific and economic security
• Artificial intelligence, energy, Africa-Mediterranean

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Country Leaders Attending G7

PM Narendra Modi along with his delegates is representing India at the summit. Other prominent attendees of the summit include French President Emmanuel Macron, US President Joe Biden, Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. 

Volodymyr Zelenskyy, the president of Ukraine, is also expected to attend a meeting over Russia's incursion into his country. Charles Michel, president of the European Council, and Ursula von der Leyen, president of the European Commission, will represent the European Union at the summit.

Additionally, the Italian presidency has also extended invitations to the leaders of 12 countries and five international organizations who are not member states to participate in some working sessions at the summit.

G7 Summit Countries

G7 originally consisted of 8 member nations and was known as G8 (Group of 8). Russia was suspended from the group in response to its annexation of Crimea in the year 2014. The member nations of the G7 countries include: 

• Canada
• France
• Germany
• Italy
• Japan
• the United Kingdom
• the United States

The European Union is an organization of nations, not a sovereign Member State, which is why the group is called the G7, or "Group of Seven" and not G8. Consequently, the EU does not take on the rotating G7 presidency and is considered a "non-enumerated" member.

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