Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, left, is welcomed by Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni at the G7 in Borgo Egnazia, near Bari in southern Italy, Friday, June 14, 2024.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi and French President Emmanuel Macron during a bilateral meeting on the sidelines of the G7 Summit in Apulia, Italy, June 14, 2024. The two leaders discussed ways to further strengthen the strategic partnership including in areas of defence, nuclear and space, and exchanged views on key global and regional issues. It is Prime Minister Modi's first foreign trip after assuming office for a third time this month.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his British counterpart Rishi Sunak during a bilateral meeting on the sidelines of the G7 Summit, in Italy, Friday, June 14, 2024. Modi and Sunak are believed to have discussed bilateral relations and issues of common interests. Sunak and Modi last met in person at the G20 Summit in New Delhi last September, when they had agreed to accelerate the FTA talks with the hope of signing off before India's general election.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy during a bilateral meeting on the sidelines of the G7 Summit in Apulia, Italy, June 14, 2024. It is learnt that Zelenskyy briefed Modi on various aspects of the Russia-Ukraine conflict. Modi had met Zelenskyy on the sidelines of the previous G7 summit in Hiroshima in May last year as well.
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, right, greets Pope Francis during a working session on AI, Energy, Africa and Mideast, at the G7, Friday, June 14, 2024, in Borgo Egnazia, near Bari, southern Italy. Modi was seen in a light-hearted exchange with the 87-year-old head of the worldwide Catholic Church, who was taken around the table in a wheelchair to greet each of the world leaders gathered at the summit venue.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi talks with U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres, left, during a working session on AI, Energy, Africa and Mideast, at the G7, Friday, June 14, 2024, in Borgo Egnazia, near Bari, southern Italy.
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, right, talks to Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi during a working session on AI, Energy, Africa and Mideast at the G7 summit, in Borgo Egnazia, near Bari in southern Italy, Friday, June 14, 2024.