Modi thanks Italian PM for invitation to G-7 meeting in June

Prime Minister Narendra Modi spoke on Thursday to Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, thanking her for an invitation to the G-7 meeting in June, if he is reelected.

The invitation for India to be a special invitee at the G-7 summit’s outreach sessions, due to be held June 13-15, was received earlier this week, sources said.

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Among the invitations New Delhi has received straight after election results are out in June are those for the Prime Minister or External A¦airs Minister to attend the Ukraine peace conference to be held on June 15-16 in Lucerne, Switzerland, where G-7 leaders are expected to travel from Italy, as well as for the External A¦airs Minister to travel to the Russian city of Nizhny Novgorod for the

BRICS Foreign Ministers meeting on June 10-11. However, both the Ministry of External A¦airs and diplomatic sources said a ’nal response on all three invitations could only be expected after the results are announced.

“PM [Modi] extended his greetings to PM Meloni and the people of Italy on the occasion of the 79th anniversary of Liberation Day,” a release by the PM’s O¥ce said.

“[PM Modi] thanked PM Meloni for the invite to the G-7 summit outreach sessions to be held in June 2024 in Puglia, Italy,” it added.

“[Ms. Meloni and Mr. Modi] rea¥rmed their commitment to continue to strengthen the bilateral strategic partnership. The two leaders also exchanged views on regional and global developments of mutual interest,” the press release on Thursday stated.