G7 Summit 2025 Live Updates: PM Modi leaves for Croatia after concluding 'productive' Canada visit

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has departed for Croatia, the last destination of his three-nation tour, after wrapping up his “productive” visit to Canada, where he took part in the G7 Summit.

A statement from the Canadian Prime Minister’s Office said Carney and PM Modi agreed on the need to strengthen ties based on mutual respect, rule of law, and respect for sovereignty and territorial integrity.

"Outstanding conversations with two dear friends, President Ramaphosa of South Africa and President Lula of Brazil. We are unwavering in our commitment to speaking about issues that matter to the Global South. We are equally determined to do whatever it takes to build a better tomorrow for the coming generations!" PM Modi said in a post on X.

India and Canada have reached an agreement to appoint new high commissioners, aiming to restore normal diplomatic services for citizens and businesses in both nations.

During the G7 Leaders' Summit on Tuesday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney engaged in bilateral talks.

The Canadian Prime Minister's office released a statement noting that both leaders confirmed the significance of Canada-India relations founded on mutual respect, legal frameworks, and commitment to sovereignty and territorial integrity.

"The leaders agreed to designate new high commissioners, with a view to returning to regular services to citizens and businesses in both countries," the statement said.
The discussions encompassed longstanding people-to-people connections, Indo-Pacific collaborations, and substantial trade relations between the two nations, including joint ventures in economic development, supply chains, and energy transition.

Carney addressed G7 priorities, including cross-border criminal activities, security matters, and international order. The statement indicated that both leaders explored possibilities for enhanced cooperation in technology, digital transformation, food security, and critical minerals.

In October 2023, India withdrew six Canadian diplomats and recalled High Commissioner Sanjay Verma and select officials from Canada. This action followed India's firm rejection of Ottawa's claims connecting the envoy to investigations regarding the death of Sikh extremist Hardeep Singh Nijjar, leading to deteriorated diplomatic relations.

Canada identified Verma as relevant to their investigation of Nijjar's June 2023 death. Nijjar, a Canadian national, was classified as a Khalistani terrorist by India. India recalled Verma and five other diplomats before Canada could proceed with further measures.

"This is the pits. This is the most unprofessional approach to a bilateral relation. There are diplomatic tools available in the hands of a diplomat. Those tools could have been used" instead of seeking to interrogate a country's top envoy and other diplomats, Verma stated in a PTI Video interview.

During his bilateral meeting with PM Modi, Canadian PM Mark Carney said, "It's a great honour to host you at the G7. India has been coming to the G7 since 2018. It's a testament to the importance of your country, to your leadership and to the importance of the issues that we look to tackle together, from energy security, from the energy transition, to the future of artificial intelligence, to the fight that we have against transnational repression, against terrorism against other factors and the work that we can do together. It is my great honour to have you here."

"India and Canada relations are very important in many ways. Many Canadian companies have investments in India. The people of India also have a huge investment on Canadian soil. Dedicated to democratic values, Canada and India will have to strengthen democracy together, will have to strengthen humanity..."Prime Minister Narendra Modi said in bilateral meeting with his Canadian counterpart Mark Carney. He also said, "I am very grateful to you for inviting India to G7 and I am also fortunate that I have got this opportunity to visit Canada once again after 2015 and connect with the people of Canada..."

Prime Minister Narendra Modi joined world leaders for a group photograph during the 51st G7 Summit in Kananaskis, Canada

Prime Minister Narendra Modi tweets, "Good to meet my friend, PM Albanese of Australia, during the G7 Summit in Canada."

He met South African President and tweeted, "Happy to interact with the President of South Africa, Cyril Ramaphosa, at the G7 Summit."

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and German Chancellor Friedrich Merz hold a bilateral meeting.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi met Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum on the sidelines of 51st G7 Summit in Kananaskis, Alberta

This was the first meeting between the two leaders. Both sides discussed avenues to further deepen India-Mexico cooperation in trade, pharmaceuticals, S&T, digital innovation and shared perspectives on key global & regional issues, including priorities of the Global South.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi held a pull-aside meeting with Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum on the sidelines of the G7 Summit in Kananaskis, Alberta

PM Modi also held a pull-aside meeting with South Korean President Lee Jae-myung.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived in Calgary on Tuesday to attend the G-7 Outreach Summit, where he said India would underscore the priorities of the Global South. Modi is scheduled to participate in four bilateral meetings on the sidelines of the summit, with leaders of Germany, Canada, Ukraine, and Italy.

“Will be meeting various leaders at the summit and sharing my thoughts on important global issues. Will also be emphasising the priorities of the Global South,” Modi said in a statement ahead of the meetings.

India, though not a member of the G-7, has regularly participated in Outreach Summits since 2003. This year’s summit is being hosted by Canada.

PM Modi’s visit marks his first major multilateral engagement since being sworn in for a third term earlier this month.

PM Modi will visit Croatia on Wednesday, the first time an Indian prime minister has toured the Balkan nation, in a sign of increasing ties with the European Union.
PM Modi will visit the EU member on his way back from the G7 Summit in Canada, following an earlier stop in Cyprus.

Croatian newspaper Vecernji List reported on Tuesday that a key focus of discussions will be a proposed trade route between Europe, the Middle East and India -- an investment touted to rival Beijing's Belt and Road Initiative.

"As the first visit by an Indian prime minister to Croatia, it will open new avenues for bilateral cooperation," PM Modi said in a statement ahead of the trip.

He will meet Croatian counterpart Andrej Plenkovic and President Zoran Milanovic in Zagreb during a visit that was initially scheduled for mid-May, but got pushed back because of an escalation in tensions between India and Pakistan.

The Congress on Tuesday took a swipe at Prime Minister Narendra Modi after US President Donald Trump left the G7 Summit in Canada a day earlier, saying it is a "setback for self-styled Vishwaguru's huglomacy".

It also asked why the prime minister and the external affairs minister are "silent on this outrageous American outreach to Pakistan", referring to Pakistan Army chief Asim Munir's visit to the US.

"President Trump has left the G7 Summit a day before the G7 outreach with eight other countries that includes India begins. A setback for self-styled Vishwaguru's Huglomacy," AICC general secretary, communications, Jairam Ramesh said in a post on X.

The Congress has been taking swipes at Modi giving "hugs" to foreign heads of states during his meetings with them at international or bilateral engagements, using the term "huglomacy" for it.

In another post, Ramesh wrote: "So now it can no longer be denied by the drumbeaters of the PM and the BJP's troll army. The man whose incendiary, inflammatory, and provocative remarks were directly linked to the Pahalgam terror attacks is now officially in Washington DC."

"The question we had asked earlier needs to be repeated: what is America up to by hosting Asim Munir in this manner? Why are the Prime Minister and the External Affairs Minister silent on this outrageous American outreach to Pakistan?" he added.

Trump abruptly left the Group of Seven summit Monday, departing a day early as the conflict between Israel and Iran intensified and the US leader declared that Tehran should be evacuated "immediately".

World leaders had gathered in Canada with the specific goal of helping to defuse a series of global pressure points, only to be disrupted by a showdown over Iran's nuclear programme that could escalate in dangerous and uncontrollable ways. Israel launched an aerial bombardment campaign against Iran four days ago.

Canadian lawyer and MLA for Vancouver-Quilchena in British Columbia, Dallas Brodie, has welcomed PM Narendra Modi's G7 Summit invite, calling it a chance to improve Canada-India ties.

She highlighted India's value as a democratic nation with a vast, educated, and motivated population, adding, "Canada could do nothing but benefit from a positive relationship with India."

Further, the Canadian MLA has expressed optimism about ties between the two countries.

In an interview with ANI, Brodie expressed hope for "positive" talks between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Canadian counterpart Mark Carney.

She said India is a "great nation" with which to have a trade arrangement. She also mentioned the presence of the Indian diaspora in Canada.

Asked how she sees India-Canada ties as PM Modi visits Canada for G7 Summit, the lawmaker said, "I think the relationship will be improved and it will be exciting to have the two leaders meeting. I'm an optimist and I always believe that meeting and doing things like this reduces barriers and it also brings to light that Canada needs to have a positive relationship with India. This is great news and India, what a great country to have a trade arrangement with educated population, brilliant people, motivated people, a democracy, and, such a gigantic market."

Gender equality, climate change, biodiversity, poverty, health, gay rights and more -- the list of issues missing at the Canada G7 from past summits is long.

The G7 gathering has been carefully planned to ensure US President Donald Trump agreed to attend at all and Canada is keen to avoid a public dust-up.

Official agenda items are the global economic outlook and energy security, with organizers naming priorities as critical mineral supply chains and AI adoption, as well as "international peace and security."

Last year's Group of Seven summit in Italy, when Joe Biden was US president, ended with a joint declaration promising better ties with Africa, action on poverty, and determination to tackle "the triple crisis of climate change, pollution, and biodiversity loss."

Addressing G7 leaders, Canadian PM Mark Carney said, "We have to change with the times and to build a better world. And some of you, such as you, Mr President (Donald Trump), have anticipated these massive changes and are taking bold measures to address them. All of us around this table are reinforcing our militaries and security services for the new world. But we all know that there can be no security without economic prosperity and no prosperity without resilience. And in a world where shocks flow across the borders, that resilience comes from cooperation, cooperation that starts around this table, cooperation that can lead to a new era of prosperity, energy security and critical minerals, artificial intelligence, quantum, combating human smuggling and transnational repression. So we will have open, frank discussions over the course of the next two days. We might not agree on absolutely every issue, but where we will cooperate, we will make an enormous difference."

Leaders of Group of Seven (G7) nations meeting in Canada on Monday issued a joint statement declaring that "Iran can never have a nuclear weapon," while calling for immediate de-escalation across the Middle East.

The statement comes days after Israel conducted its Operation Rising Lion to hit Iran's nuclear facilities.

In the joint statement, the G7 reaffirmed its stance on Iran’s nuclear ambitions and voiced support for Israel’s right to self-defence.

"We affirm that Israel has a right to defend itself," the statement said. "We have been consistently clear that Iran can never have a nuclear weapon."

On PM Modi's visit to Canada for the G7, acting Indian High Commissioner to Canada, Chinmoy Naik says, "Indian PM has been invited to attend the G7 summit 2025, as an outreach guest country by Canadian PM Mark Carney. This is the 6th consecutive time India is coming to the G7 as a guest country, which speaks for India's importance on the world stage today. In the G7, India will speak about energy, security, innovation, new technologies, like AI, quantum, that are contemporary topics and affect all of us. In addition to that, there will be bilaterals on the sidelines...We will see how the discussion goes and what comes out of it. I would say the direction looks positive..."

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday arrived in Calgary, Alberta, ahead of the 51st G7 Summit, which will be held in Kananaskis.

World leaders at the Group of Seven (G7) summit urged US President Donald Trump to de-escalate his trade war, warning it risks global economic stability. Despite efforts by host Canada to avoid provoking Trump, leaders pressed him to reverse plans for even steeper tariffs, potentially beginning next month.

A senior German official, speaking anonymously, stated, "Several participants asked to end the tariff dispute as soon as possible. They argued that this dispute weakens the G7's economies and in the end will only strengthen China." The six other G7 nations reportedly told Trump his protectionist policies were "damaging to ourselves."

While most G7 countries face a 10% baseline tariff from the US, with Europe and Japan also hit with additional levies on cars, steel, and aluminium, Britain finalised a trade deal with the US to avoid deeper tariffs.

Trump, after meeting British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, displayed signed documents for the new trade accord, which humorously spilled onto the ground.

French President Emmanuel Macron held extended discussions with US President Donald Trump, prior to the official welcome ceremony for the G7 summit.

According to Macron’s top international spokesperson, Jean-Noël Ladois, the leaders covered "tariffs, the situation in the Near and Middle East, and the situation in Ukraine."

No further details on the outcomes of their meeting have been released yet. The discussion highlights key areas of divergence and cooperation between the two leaders as the G7 summit tackles global challenges, including ongoing trade disputes and escalating conflicts.

US President Donald Trump will leave the Group of Seven summit Monday night, a day early, due to the Israel-Iran war, the White House said, after he warned the residents of Tehran to flee.

"Because of what's going on in the Middle East, President Trump will be leaving tonight after dinner with Heads of State," White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt wrote on X.

US President Donald Trump held an impromptu meeting with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen at the Group of Seven (G7) summit on Monday.

The White House confirmed the meeting occurred at von der Leyen's request.

The unscheduled sit-down delayed a separate meeting Trump had planned with British Prime Minister Keir Starmer.

Trump has previously threatened tariffs of up to 50% on European goods, though he paused these threats, maintaining a 10% import tax during a negotiating period set to conclude before July 9.

The US president is expected to meet briefly today with German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, according to U.S. officials who requested anonymity to discuss the scheduling plans that haven’t been announced by the White House.

Trump is currently holding talks with Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney and the two will also hold a formal meeting alongside their aides.

The president is also expected to have a brief meeting with British Prime Minister Keir Starmer later Monday.

A Canadian tribal leader tasked with greeting world heads of state arriving for G7 says he considered leaving before Donald Trump arrived, appalled by the US president’s having “caused much pain and suffering in the world.”

Instead, Steven Crowchild, said he prayed to his creator, consulted with his people’s leadership and opted to stay on the tarmac in Calgary, where he spoke at length on Sunday with Trump.

“It was really intense to say the least,” Crowchild told The Associated Press on Monday.

Crowchild wore feathered headgear, spoke in his traditional language and showed Trump tribal medals that he told the president were older than the nation of Canada.

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney, the host of this year’s leaders meeting, has greeted the leaders at an official welcome ceremony in front of a picturesque pine tree backdrop.

Carney and his wife, Diana Fox Carney, engaged each of the leaders in small talk before posing for photos.

Trump told Carney the setting he chose was “beautiful.”

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz during his turn asked Carney about how his one-on-one with Trump went. The prime minister responded, “fantastic.”

Canada’s leader, Mark Carney, has formally opened the Group of Seven summit by telling fellow leaders they’re meeting at “one of those turning points in history.”

Carney said the world is “more divided and dangerous” than during past summits and other “hinge moments,” citing G7 gatherings after the fall of the Berlin Wall or the 9/11 terrorist attack on the United States.

With the leaders of the US, Germany, France, Japan, the United Kingdom and Italy seated before him, Carney said, “the world looks to this table for leadership.”

He predicted they’d have “frank discussions” over the two-day summit and not always agree, but he said that where they do agree it will make a difference for their citizens.

Emily Williams, a spokesperson for Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney, the G7 host, said the lapel pin “was not provided in any welcome gift from us.”

“That’s all him,” Williams said, meaning Trump.

The lapel pin features the flags of the United States and Canada. Lapel pins featuring the American flag and the host country’s flag are often worn by members of the US delegation when the president is traveling abroad.

Trump is also wearing a separate American flag lapel pin.

The four European G7 leaders held an informal meeting over glasses of Canadian wine on the eve of the summit Sunday night, without US President Donald Trump, who had yet to arrive at the venue in the Canadian Rockies.

It started when British Prime Minister Keir Starmer bumped into German Chancellor Friedrich Merz in a restaurant-bar area of the venue in the resort of Kananaskis. French President Emmanuel Macron and Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni dropped by and it became an hourlong informal meeting during which the conflict between Israel and Iran was discussed.

Efforts to de-escalate that conflict are a main focus of the two-day summit that officially started Monday.

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is heading to Canada to take part in a session on energy security.

UN deputy spokesman Farhan Haq said Guterres will participate in Tuesday’s session for G7 and invited leaders on “diversification, technology and investment to ensure access and affordability in a changing world.”

The secretary-general will meet Canada’s Prime Minister Mark Carney on the margins of the meeting, Haq said.

He said other meetings would be announced later when asked if the UN chief would meet with US President Donald Trump.

Excitement is rising among the Indian diaspora as Prime Minister Narendra Modi is set to arrive in Canada on Monday for the G7 Summit.

This marks PM Modi's first visit to the country following a turbulent period in India-Canada relations, and is being seen as a possible turning point by many in both nations.

PM Modi is visiting Canada at the invitation of Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney to attend the G7 Summit in Kananaskis. The invitation and visit have sparked a wave of enthusiasm among people of Indian origin living in Canada, many of whom are hopeful that the high-level engagement will pave the way for improved bilateral ties.

Tarun Jain, an IT professional based in Toronto, told IANS, "Ever since the Canadian Prime Minister has invited PM Narendra Modi, there is a lot of enthusiasm in the Indian community. We still cannot believe that he is coming."

Jain emphasised the contributions of Indians to the Canadian economy, saying, "The NRIs have a share in the economy of Canada. It includes doctors, engineers, and students. Every Indian wants the relations between Canada and India to improve. This will lead to progress and development of Canada, and Canada also understands this."

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said Monday he believed Group of Seven leaders meeting in Canada were united in wanting de-escalation between Israel and Iran.

"I do think there's a consensus for de-escalation," Starmer told reporters at the summit in the Canadian Rockies.

"Obviously, what we need to do today is to bring that together and to be clear about how it is to be brought about," he said.

"But the risk of the conflict escalating is obvious, I think, and the implications -- not just for the region but globally -- are really immense, so the focus has to be on de-escalation," he said.

Starmer said he spoke with most G7 leaders after they arrived Sunday and had spoken by telephone to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

US President Donald Trump has arrived for the G7, or Group of Seven, summit in Canada, a country he's suggested should be annexed, as he wages a trade war with America’s longstanding allies.

If there's a shared mission at this year’s G7 summit, which begins Monday in the Rocky Mountains, it's a desire to minimise any fireworks at a moment of combustible tensions.

Electric fences, drones, thermal cameras and police dogs have all been deployed at the G7 summit in the Canadian Rockies to protect world leaders from hungry bears.

US President Donald Trump, Italy's Giorgia Meloni and France's Emmanuel Macron are among leaders gathered Monday at a remote mountain lodge for talks, uninterrupted, if all goes to plan, by ursine attacks.

"While grizzly bears are a top concern, the team is prepared for all wildlife species," Alberta's Ministry of Public Safety spokesperson Sheena Campbell said.

Security teams have erected "fence barriers around locations where attractants (food) are present, including the use of electric bear fence enclosures."

She said fencing was a minimum eight feet (2.4 meters) high to ensure guest safety as part of a multi-pronged operation to prevent "close encounters" with wildlife.

Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Monday said that he will discuss buying US weapons with Donald Trump at the G7 summit, but added that US military aid was not on the agenda.

"We are not talking to America today about new assistance. Indeed, one of the issues I will discuss with President Trump at the meeting is the defence package that Ukraine is ready to buy," Zelenskyy said during a visit to Vienna, from where he was to travel to Canada for this week's G7 summit.

The Ukrainian president, who has overseen his country's fightback against Russian forces for more than three years, said that "I can't imagine and I don't want to imagine... how to live without and fight without the help of the United States".

He added: "I think we all have to work to make sure that the alliance between America and Europe doesn't fall apart."

Zelenskyy also said that he viewed the G7 summit as a "very important" opportunity to see "what kind of pressure we can all exert to stop (Russian President Vladimir) Putin, so that he stops the fire, stops the war".

He said that "we will discuss frozen Russian assets with the leaders, and we will also discuss sanctions".