Modi Joins G7 Leaders for Outreach Session

Prime Minister Narendra Modi met his Canadian counterpart Mark Carney at the outreach session of the G7 leaders' summit in the resort of Kananaskis on Tuesday as New Delhi and Ottawa sought to reset bilateral ties after a prolonged diplomatic spat.

- Anirudh Bhattacharyya

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Modi was formally greeted by his host who had invited him to the global event and the two were to carry on their conversations at a bilateral meeting later in the day.

Among his first engagements was a pull-aside meeting with the President of Mexico Claudia Sheinbaum, also an invitee for the outreach session. He also had a similar meeting with South Korean President Lee Jaemyung.

A packed day of engagements for the Indian PM, who only arrived in Calgary on Monday evening, also included bilateral meetings with German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, their first since the latter assumed the post, as well as Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Italian Prime Minister Georgia Meloni, people familiar with the matter said.

Modi's meeting with Carney at the Pomeroy Kananaskis Mountain Lodge was the last on the Indian prime minister's schedule in Calgary before a departure to Croatia.