RNS: Prime Minister Narendra Modi today leaves the country on a comprehensive tour of Japan, Papua New Guinea, and Australia to improve ties with these nations. Japan’s Prime Minister Fumio Kishida invited PM Modi to the G7 Summit.
Foreign Secretary Vinay Mohan Kwatra told reporters, the G7 Summit addresses nuclear disarmament, economic resilience and security, regional challenges, climate change and energy, food and health, and development. Several Summit sessions will focus on digitisation, science, and technology.
India’s participation at the Summit in Hiroshima would be structured around three formal sessions. Two sessions would be held on 20th of May and the third one will be held on the 21st. The first session relates to food, health, development, and gender equality. The second session is on climate, energy and environment, said Kwatra adding, the third session is titled “Towards peaceful, stable and prosperous world”.
PM will meet with numerous G7 leaders outside of the summit. Japan has invited Australia, Brazil, Comoros, Cook Islands, Indonesia, South Korea, Vietnam, and the UN. PM Modi will meet with his Japanese counterpart and unveil a Mahatma Gandhi bust in Hiroshima. QUAD leaders from all nations will convene in Hiroshima.
On May 21, Prime Minister Modi will visit Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea. On the following day, he and his Papua New Guinean counterpart, James Marape, would host the third Forum for India-Pacific Islands Cooperation (FIPIC) Summit. The FIPIC includes India and fourteen Pacific Island Countries, and this is the first time an Indian Prime Minister has visited Papua New Guinea.
PM will visit Governor-General Bob Dadae and Prime Minister James Marape in Papua New Guinea. He will meet Fiji Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka and New Zealand Prime Minister Chris Hipkins.
On 22 May, PM will visit Sydney; meets Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese on May 24th. The Prime Minister will also meet Governor-General David Hurley. He will meet Australian CEOs and business leaders and address the Indian diaspora at a Sydney community gathering on May 23rd. The Australian Prime Minister is anticipated to join PM Modi at this occasion, bolstering bilateral relations.
