(Video) Rajya Sabha TV (RSTV) The Big Picture: G7 and India

Topic: G7 and India

Guest:

Jitendra Nath Misra, (Former Ambassador)
Pramit Pal Choudhari, (Foreign Editor, Hindustan Times)
Sreeram Chaulia, (Foreign Affairs Expert)

Topic Description:

Prime Minister Boris Johnson has invited his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi for the G7 summit as he confirmed details on Sunday for the high-level meeting to be presided over by Britain in the coastal region of Cornwall between June 11 and 13. Johnson had extended an invitation to Modi during a phone call last year when India was chosen alongside South Korea and Australia as guest countries of the multilateral summit. The invitation was made formal on Sunday. Johnson also reiterated his plan to visit India ahead of the G7 summit, after a scheduled visit for Republic Day this month was called off due to the coronavirus crisis. The Group of Seven or G7 – which is made up of the UK, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan and the US – is dubbed as an open forum where the world’s most influential and open societies are brought together for close-knit discussions, with the pandemic likely to dominate this year’s talks.