As the world’s most developed economies meet for the G-7 summit this weekend to discuss their next move against Russia, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will also fly to the German Alpine resort of Schloss Elmau as a special invitee to the meeting on June 26-27, the Ministry of External Affaris (MEA) announced on Wednesday.
New Delhi is preparing for more pressure from the G-7 countries, including Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the U.K., the U.S. and the EU, who have unitedly imposed sanctions on Russia since the invasion of Ukraine. They want India to cooperate in restricting its purchase of Russian oil, not circumvent the sanctions by using a Rupee-Rouble mechanism, and lifting the ban on the export of wheat, all requests that the Modi government has turned down.
“Prime Minister is expected to speak in two sessions that include Environment, Energy, Climate, Food Security, Health, Gender Equality and Democracy,” the MEA said, announcing that the PM would also hold a number of bilateral meetings on the sidelines of the summit.
