'Will Have More To Say When...': Here's What Justin Trudeau Said On Inviting PM Modi To G7 Next Year

Justin Trudeau has said that there was a commitment to work together with India to deal with some “very important issues” after meeting with PM Modi.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi with Prime Minister of Canada Justin Trudeau on the sidelines of the G7 summit, in Apulia, Italy.

Source : PTI

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said he will have more to say regarding the G7 summit next year when Canada will assume its presidency. 

Trudeau said he looks forward to working with Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni and all G7 partners on various issues they have discussed. The next G7 Leaders' Summit is scheduled to be held in Kananaskis, Alberta province of Canada next year.

On the question of whether he will invite Prime Minister Narendra Modi to the summit in Canada next year, Trudeau said, "I can appreciate the keenness with it with which Canadians are looking forward to next year's G7. However, Italy continues to be the President of this G7 for the rest of this year and I look forward to working with Prime Minister Meloni and all my G7 Partners on the broad range of issues that we've talked about."
 
"I will have more to say about next year's G7 when we assume the G7 Presidency next year," Trudeau said, according to ANI.

Just announced: The next @G7 Leaders’ Summit will be hosted here in Canada — in Kananaskis, Alberta — in 2025. pic.twitter.com/pAc7tP7xEd

— CanadianPM (@CanadianPM) June 14, 2024

The G7 summit was held in Italy's Apulia region from Thursday (June 13) and concluded on Sunday (June 15).

Trudeau's statement came after he met PM Modi on the sidelines of the G7 Summit in Italy's Apulia on Friday. Trudeau has said that there was a commitment to work together with India to deal with some “very important issues” after meeting with Modi.

The meeting between the two leaders was the first amid strained diplomatic ties between the two countries. PM Modi also had posted an image on social media of the two leaders shaking hands on June 14, with a one-liner saying “met Canadian PM Justin Trudeau at the G7 Summit”.

India participated in the summit as an 'Outreach Country' along with seven member countries, the US, UK, Canada, Germany, Italy, Japan, and France, as well as the European Union.

The ties between India and Canada were strained after Trudeau accused the "agents of the Indian government" of killing terrorist Hardeep Singh Nijjar last year in Canada. However, New Delhi has dismissed the accusations as "absurd" and "motivated."