Quad Summit on G7 sidelines; Canberra meet agenda intact

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will leave for Japan on Friday following an invite to participate in three outreach sessions at the G7 Hiroshima Summit and participate in the Quad Summit on the sidelines of the Summit during May 20-21.

Modi will be part of three outreach sessions - Working Together to Address Multiple Crises (including food, health, development, gender); Common Endeavour for a Sustainable Planet (including climate, energy, environment) and Towards a Peaceful, Stable and Prosperous World -- key concerns for the Global South.

Addressing the media on the eve of Modi's three-leg visit to Japan, Papua New Guinea and Australia, foreign secretary Vinay Kwatra said, "The Quad Summit will now take place in Hiroshima, Japan, as all four leaders will be there at the same place for the same conference". "There's a change only in venue but not in the main agenda. Leaders will go ahead with the agenda decided for the meeting at Canberra," said Kwatra.


"They will take good stock of the situation and build on that. A lot of preparation has gone on. We are expecting several deliverables to come out from this meeting," he said.

Japanese envoy to India, Hiroshi Suzuki, told ET that his PM will seek to closely work with Modi to coordinate and unite approaches between G7 and G20 to address critical global issue.