At the G7 Summit on Friday, Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni greeted Prime Minister Narendra Modi with a “namaste.” Giorgia Meloni in a video with PM Modi, Says “Hello from the Melodi team.”
On the fringes of the G7 Summit, Prime Minister Narendra Modi met bilaterally on Friday in Apulia, southern Italy, with a number of international leaders, including his colleague from the UK, Rishi Sunak, President Emmanuel Macron of France, President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine, and others. The Vatican’s Pope Francis was also met by the prime minister later.”I look forward to meeting fellow world leaders and discussing a wide range of issues aimed at making our planet better and improving lives of people,” the prime minister said in a statement on Thursday before leaving for Italy.
The G7 consists of the following countries: the US, UK, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, and Japan. African leaders, including Presidents Abdelmadjid Tebboune of Algeria, William Ruto of Kenya, and Kais Saied of Tunisia, have been invited by Italy, the summit’s host nation, to discuss Meloni’s ideas for migration and development in the continent. Additional attendees comprise of President Zelenskyy of Ukraine, President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva of Brazil, the Prime Minister of India, and President Recep Tayyip Erdogan of Turkey.
There are political upheavals in many G7 nations as well. There is pressure on the G7 to accomplish as much as possible while the current leadership is in place because Biden, UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, and French President Emmanuel Macron are all about to face elections.
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Giorgia Meloni in a video with PM Modi, Says “Hello from the Melodi team.”
Italian Prime Minister captioned a little selfie video showcasing her friendship with our Prime Minister Narendra, “Hello friends, from #Melodi.” At the conclusion of Prime Minister full-day visit to Apulia, southern Italy, on Friday, the two leaders had a meeting. He thanked the Italian Prime Minister for inviting him. This was his first trip abroad as prime minister following his unprecedented election to a third term in office. Italian PM posted the five-second clip on her X account on Saturday.
The footage showed the 47-year-old Italian leader, who is the nation’s first female prime minister, saying, “Hello from the Melodi team,” as 73-year-old Modi could be heard grinning behind her.
The video was reshared by Prime Minister and wrote, “Long live India-Italy friendship!”.
A selfie that the two leaders took during the G7 Summit went viral earlier on Saturday. The two presidents took a photo in December of last year while attending the 28th Conference of the Parties (COP28) in Dubai, where the Italian PM has captioned the photo she shared, writing, “Good friends at COP28, #Melodi.”
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The two presidents discussed the state of their bilateral strategic alliance during their bilateral meeting here on Friday. They also decided to step up their collaboration in international forums and multilateral projects, such as the India-Middle East-Europe Economic Corridor.
“We talked on how to strengthen ties between Italy and India in a number of areas, including energy, telecom, defense, and trade. Following the meeting, he declared, “Our countries will collaborate in cutting-edge fields like biofuels, food processing, and essential minerals.”
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Is India invited to G7 2024?
As part of Italian PM Melonis’s efforts to involve the Global South with the G7, a group that is perceived as elitist, and to end the idea of the West vs. the Rest, she invited Pope Francis to speak to the G7 in the resort town of Fasano in the Apulia region of Italy. India was one of the twelve countries invited.
Is India part of the G7 group?
The US, UK, Canada, Germany, Italy, Japan, France, and the European Union were among the seven members of the G7 summit, to which India was invited as an “Outreach Country.” Our Prime Minister had received an invitation from Meloni to the event in Apulia, Italy.
Why India is not a permanent member of G7?
In the past, the G7 included developed nations with strong industrial bases and cutting-edge scientific breakthroughs. India differs from the other G7 members in that it suffers socioeconomic issues and has a lower per capita income despite its rapid development.