External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar will leave for a three-day visit to Italy today. He will be part of the outreach meeting of the foreign ministers of the G7 countries during the tour from November 24 to 26. Italy has invited India as the guest country for this meeting.
The meeting of foreign ministers will be held in Fiumicino, Italy. Meanwhile, Jaishankar will meet with foreign ministers of other countries including Italy and hold bilateral meetings.
During his visit, he will also inaugurate the new premises of the Indian Embassy in Rome. Apart from this, he will also participate in the 10th edition of the 'Mediterranean Dialogue' organized by the International Institute of Political Studies (ISPI).
The Mediterranean Dialogue is held annually in Rome. This is commonly known as Mad Dialogue. This time it will be organized from 25 to 27 November.
PM Modi attended the G7 meeting in June
An outreach meeting of the heads of state of the G7 countries was organized in Italy on June 14 this year. Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni invited Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi for this meeting.
During this summit, apart from Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, he met French President Emmanuel Macron, British PM Rishi Sunak and Pope Francis, head of Vatican City. The summit also saw a meeting between Modi and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.
Apart from this, Jaishankar also went to Italy on November 2 and 3. Meanwhile, he had a conversation with Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani. In this conversation, it was agreed to increase the cultural partnership between the two countries for 2023-27.
What is the G7 organization?
Formed in 1975, this organization is a group of the world's richest countries. Including America, Japan, Germany, Britain, France, Italy and Canada. These countries discuss important world issues at the summit every year. The last G7 summit was held in Japan.
In which China's debt trap and growing dominance in the Indo-Pacific were discussed. India has participated in this summit 11 times so far. First, in 2003, Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee was invited by France for this summit. Prime Minister Narendra Modi has been attending meetings of this summit continuously since 2019.
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