PM Modi to not visit UK for G7 summit due to COVID surge in India: MEA

Prime Minister of India, Narendra Modi, will not attend the G7 summit going to take place in London. The G7 scheduled for June this year is a face-to-face meet. The Indian Prime Minister invited as a guest was earlier going to meet physically due to the prevailing COVID situation it seems to impossible.

A spokesperson of the Ministry of External Affairs said that PM Modi will not attend the G7 meet in June this year. Modi was slated to attend the summit which will be held in Cornwall on the invitation of the UK’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson. The MEA spokesperson in response to media queries "While appreciating the invitation to the Prime Minister by UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson to attend the G7 Summit as a Special Invitee, given the prevailing COVID situation, it has been decided that the Prime Minister will not attend the G7 Summit in person.” It will be the 47th edition of the summit. The G7 members include the UK, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the USA and the EU.

Earlier this year, the UK PM’s visit to India was also cancelled. The two countries did hold a virtual meeting this month to launch plans for a transformed India-U.K. relationship. In the meeting, the 'Roadmap 2030' was adopted to elevate bilateral ties to a Comprehensive Strategic Partnership.

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