As the G7 Summit kicks off in Italy, Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni on Thursday said that the country decided to host the summit in Apulia because it is a region of southern Italy and through the summit, Italy wishes to strengthen its dialogue with the nations of the global south.<
Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni received global leaders including UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, US President Joe Biden, French President Emmanuel Macron and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau among others, for the Summit of the Group of Seven (G7), scheduled for June 13 and 14.
Indian ambassador to Italy, Vani Rao said that PM Modi will play an important role in one of the global platforms, to engage with other world leaders present at the G7 Summit on issues of importance to India, as well as to the Global South.
Indian ambassador to Italy, Vani Rao said that the incident of vandalism to Mahatma Gandhi's bust occurred in Brindisi, a town in southern Italy, adding that the local Italian authorities have since taken action to clean up the bust.
"We have seen the reports of that and we have taken it up with the Italian authorities. We understand that a suitable rectification has already taken place," Foreign Secretary Vinay Mohan Kwatra said on Wednesday at a special briefing responding to questions.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi is set to leave for Italy tomorrow (Thursday) to participate in the 50th G7 Summit, which is set to be held on June 13 and 14.
Italy, which has invited Prime Minister Narendra Modi for the G7 Summit Outreach Sessions, is India's fourth largest trading partner in the European Union, 18th largest foreign investor with bilateral relations upgraded to the level of 'Strategic Partnership' with focus on defence, Indo-P
Shubhankar Sharma's final round of 5-over 77 had a run of a bogey-double bogey - birdie and a triple. bogey in the last four holes. He had two each of birdies and bogeys in the first 14 holes. With 69-69-71-77 he was 2-under 286 and T-59. Diksha Dagar had earlier missed the cut in a unique
Prime Minister Narendra Modi thanked Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni on Wednesday after she congratulated him on the third consecutive electoral victory in the Lok Sabha polls, adding that he is looking forward to working together for global good.
"Congratulations to @narendramodi on the new electoral victory and my warmest wishes for good work. Certain that we will continue to work together to strengthen the friendship that unites Italy and India and consolidate cooperation on the various issues that bind us, for the well-being of