Flashpoints | Diplomacy | South Asia Ukraine is not a G-20 member, but President Volodymyr Zelenskyy was invited to participate in last year’s G-20 summit in Bali, Indonesia. Advertisement India is not planning to invite Ukraine to the summit of the Group of 20 industrialized and developing nations in September, its external affairs minister said Thursday. “In our view, … Read more
Advertisement Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is visiting Hiroshima, Japan, from May 19 to 21 where he will represent India as an invited country at the 49th G-7 Summit. This engagement comes amid a busy diplomatic schedule for India, which holds the presidency of the G-20 and the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) for 2023. The … Read more
Advertisement As leader of the Group of Seven (G-7) this year, Japan is hosting the summit in Hiroshima on May 19-20. In addition to the seven members of the grouping of advanced economies, which includes Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom, and the United States, present at the Hiroshima meeting will be South … Read more
Features The Japanese prime minister has been laying the groundwork for the G7 Hiroshima Summit. Advertisement Japanese Prime Minister Kishida Fumio was in Africa from April 29 to May 5 for a week-long tour of four countries: Egypt, Ghana, Kenya, and Mozambique. The trip concluded with a meeting with Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong … Read more
Japan’s Prime Minister Kishida Fumio speaks during an interview with foreign media members at the Prime Minister’s official residence, April 20, 2023, in Tokyo. Credit: AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko Advertisement From May 19 to 21, Hiroshima will be hosting the G-7 Summit. In addition to G-7 members, host nation Japan has invited leaders from outreach countries, … Read more