UK's envoy to India Alex Ellis says India's issues have resonance in his country due to the large diaspora living there, but it is ultimately for New Delhi to resolve.
Besides India, the meeting which will be held on 19 February will be attended by the leaders of the UK, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan and the US.
Australia, India and South Korea will be invited as guest participants to the June meet, which will be the first in-person Group of Seven leaders summit in two years.
UK PM Johnson had extended an invitation to Modi during a phone call last year when India was chosen alongside South Korea & Australia as guest countries of the multilateral summit.
Trump’s G-7 plan to invite Russia, Australia, India & South Korea, while leaving out China’s Xi Jinping, have set off alarm bells in European capitals.
While US President Trump has expressed a desire to expand the G7 membership to include India and other countries, the proposal will require the approval of all member nations.
On the decision to invite India, Australia, Russia and South Korea to the G7 summit, China said any attempts to seek a 'small circle' against it is 'doomed to fail'.
French president Emmanuel Macron's diplomacy at G7 summit shows that Paris has grabbed the microphone from Berlin and London to speak in the name of the EU.
From Sam Pitroda talking about inheritance tax to Goan candidate saying the Indian Constitution was 'forced' on Goa, Congress has been having its own foot-in-the-mouth moments.
The announcement, made by JeM’s Maktab-ul-Rabita, or office for communication, comes 2 yrs after Pakistani officials claimed the militant was living under Taliban protection.
I always held and still of the view that India does not belong to Indians only. India is a civilization and is very dear to the peoples of the world. It belongs to all. India will be debated everywhere.
The Foreign Office will have to finesse its stand on this issue. Recall the initial official reaction to PM Justin Trudeau’s remarks, summoning the Canadian High Commissioner. With 1,00,000 signatures, the farmers’ agitation will also be discussed in the British Parliament. 2. The other structural issue MEA may be pleased to think through is the role the diaspora should – or should not – play in our official diplomatic engagement with the governments of the countries whose citizenship they have accepted.
Vestiges of the Raj? I believe they have enough problems of their own.
God save Britain.
I always held and still of the view that India does not belong to Indians only. India is a civilization and is very dear to the peoples of the world. It belongs to all. India will be debated everywhere.
Indian Parliament should also discuss UK matters since so much of the Indian diaspora lives in the UK. Same for each and every country in the world.
Rumblings of a patented crank.
The Foreign Office will have to finesse its stand on this issue. Recall the initial official reaction to PM Justin Trudeau’s remarks, summoning the Canadian High Commissioner. With 1,00,000 signatures, the farmers’ agitation will also be discussed in the British Parliament. 2. The other structural issue MEA may be pleased to think through is the role the diaspora should – or should not – play in our official diplomatic engagement with the governments of the countries whose citizenship they have accepted.