New Delhi:
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has been invited by the United Kingdom to attend the G7 summit to be held in the country’s Cornwall area in June. The group that incorporates the world’s seven major democratic economies — UK, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the USA — and the European Union, will go over international difficulties like the coronavirus pandemic, climate alter and open trade. UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson, who had cancelled his India stop by for this year’s Republic Day occasion due to the fact of the detection of the mutant strain of the virus in Britain, is probably to stop by the nation “ahead of the G7”, a press statement study.
Apart from India, Australia and South Korea have also been invited to the summit.
“UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson will use the first in-person G7 summit in almost two years to ask leaders, including Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, to seize the opportunity to build back better from coronavirus, uniting to make the future fairer, greener and more prosperous,” the statement study.
The 3 nations have been invited to the summit as guests to “deepen the expertise and experience around the table.”
Highlighting the expanding cooperation in between India and the United Kingdom more than the fight against the coronavirus, the statement study: “As ‘pharmacy of the world’, India already supplies more than 50% of the world’s vaccines, and the UK and India have worked closely together throughout the pandemic. Our Prime Ministers speak regularly and Prime Minister Johnson has said he will visit India ahead of the G7”.
“Coronavirus is doubtless the most destructive force we have seen for generations and the greatest test of the modern world order we have experienced. It is only right that we approach the challenge of building back better by uniting with a spirit of openness to create a better future,” the statement quoted Mr Johnson as saying.
The centre had suspended flight operations in between India and the United Kingdom for more than two weeks due to the fact of the new strain, which was very first detected in the European nation. Mr Johnson, who had accepted to be the chief guest at the Republic Day parade, cancelled his stop by quickly soon after announcing a nation-wide shutdown more than the virus.
“In light of the national lockdown announced last night, and the speed at which the new coronavirus variant is spreading, the Prime Minister said that it was important for him to remain in the UK so he can focus on the domestic response to the virus,” a UK government statement had stated earlier this month.