After nearly six months in India, Prime Minister (PM) Narendra Modi will embark on four foreign visits over the next 40 days, starting with the Group of Seven (G7) summit in Hiroshima on Friday and concluding with his first State visit to the US from June 21-24, the highlight of which will be his participation in the International Yoga Day event at the United Nations (UN) in New York and a diaspora event in Chicago.
The PM's previous visit was to the Group of Twenty (G20) leaders' summit in Indonesia.
Apart from the G7 in Japan and the US State visits, the PM will attend the Pacific Islands Leaders' Meeting in Papua New Guinea before heading to Australia to attend the Quad Summit on May 24. The Quad Summit in Sydney is the grouping's third in-person meeting of the leaders of India, Australia, the US, and Japan.
Modi and US President Joe Biden will stop at Port Moresby, the capital of Papua New Guinea, on the way to Sydney for the Quad Summit. Modi's visit to Papua New Guinea- as part of the Forum for India-Pacific Islands Cooperation (FIPIC) Sumn is vital China, the US, and its allies are wooing the resource-rich country of 9.4 million people just north of Australia. China and Australia are its most significant aid and infrastructure donors.
On the other hand, New Delhi must be more timely in delivering its promises.
This story is from the May 15, 2023 edition of Business Standard.
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