Japanese PM in India on March 20, to invite Modi for G7 summit

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida will visit New Delhi on March 20-21 to meet his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi to invite him to attend the G7 Summit being held in Hiroshima in May as a special invitee.

He will hold talks with Modi during his visit and both sides will discuss bilateral and regional issues. They will also discuss their priorities for their respective presidencies of the G7 and G20, the MEA announced on Friday. The visit comes close on the heels of Australian PM's India trip. Australia will host the Quad Summit in May.

Kishida last visited India in March 2022. Japan holds this year's presidency of the G7. "We, as this year's chairs (of the two groups), will exchange views to strengthen cooperation," Kishida told a liaison meeting between the Japanese government and the ruling Liberal Democratic Party last week.


The Japanese and Indian leaders will "discuss a range of issues", including realising a free and open Indo-Pacific, Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Hirokazu Matsuno told a press conference last week.