Prime Minister Narendra Modi will embark on Friday on a six-day visit to three countries – Japan, Papua New Guinea and Australia, to attend multilateral summits, including that of the Group of Seven (G7).
According to the external affairs ministry, the prime minister will first visit Hiroshima in Japan from May 19 to 21 to participate in the annual summit of the G7 advanced economies under the Japanese Presidency. He is visiting Japan at the invitation of Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida. Firstly, PM Modi is scheduled to take part in the G7 summit in Japan, from where he will head to Papua New Guinea. It will be the first visit by an Indian prime minister to Papua New Guinea.
He will co-chair the third Summit of the Forum for India-Pacific Islands Cooperation (FIPIC) in Papua New Guinea.
On the third leg of his visit prime minister Modi will visit Sydney in Australia where he will hold a bilateral meeting with Australian prime minister Anthony Albanese.
Previously he was scheduled to participate in the Quad Leaders’ Summit in Sydney but on Wednesday Australian Prime Minister Albanese announced the cancellation of Quad after US President postponed his trip to Australia to focus on the debt ceiling negotiations in Washington.
