Prime Minister Narendra Modi will arrive in Biarritz, France tonight where the G7 summit is going on and top leaders of the world are present.
India is invited as Biarritz partner and the French media is expecting a bigger role of India in fighting inequality which is the theme of the summit.
According to Indian Express While Modi is coming prepared to speak at two sessions — one on climate change and the other on digital issues — it is likely that he will hold discussions with major world leaders on the issue of Jammu and Kashmir.
Modi is likely to meet US President Donald Trump, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres in this town where the wealthy French have their holiday homes. Sources said Modi lands in Biarritz, 700 km from Paris, on the afternoon of August 25 and is expected to meet some of the G-7 leaders that day. Macron is expected to host the PM for dinner later in the day.
While his predecessor Manmohan Singh has attended the G-8 summit five times between 2005 and 2009, this will be Modi’s first visit – at the invitation of French President Emmanuel Macron – to this gathering of major western economies of the world.