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G7: Modi backs India’s efforts for green growth, clean energy

Indian prime minister Narendra Modi at the Plenary session on climate, energy & health — G7 Summit, in Schloss Elmau on Monday, June 27, 2022. India’s external affairs minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar can be seen in the back. (ANI Photo/PIB)

By: PTI

INDIAN prime minister Narendra Modi on Monday (27) highlighted India’s efforts for green growth, clean energy, sustainable lifestyles and global wellbeing, at a G7 summit session at Elmau Schloss in Germany.

Modi, who is in Germany on a two-day visit from Sunday for the summit of the G7, was received by German Chancellor Olaf Scholz upon his arrival at Schloss Elmau, the picturesque venue of the summit in southern Germany.

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“Becoming pro-planet people. Investing in a better future. In the @G7 session on climate, energy & health, PM @narendramodi highlighted India’s efforts for green growth, clean energy, sustainable lifestyles & global wellbeing,” Indian ministry of external affairs spokesperson Arindam Bagchi tweeted.

Before the start of the summit, Modi shook hands with US president Joe Biden and Canadian prime minister Justin Trudeau as the leaders assembled for a group photo.

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This was the first meeting between Modi and Biden after they met in Japan for the Quad summit in May. The two leaders are also scheduled to meet in July for the I2U2 virtual summit of the quadrilateral economic forum comprising India, Israel, the UAE and the US.

The G7 is an inter-governmental political grouping consisting of Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the UK and the US.

The German presidency has invited Argentina, India, Indonesia, Senegal and South Africa to the G7 Summit in Elmau, Bavaria.

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