When the most advanced economy in the world met for the G-7 Summit this weekend to discuss their next steps against Russia, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will also fly to the German Alpine Resort from Schloss Elmau as a special invitation for a meeting on June 26-27, the External Ministry (MEA) announced on Wednesday.
New Delhi is preparing more pressure from G-7 countries, including Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, USA, USA and UE, which united to impose sanctions on Russia since the Ukraine invasion. They want India to work together in limiting the purchase of Russian oil, not avoiding sanctions by using a rupee-rgrable mechanism, and raising a prohibition on wheat exports, all requests that the Modi government have refused.
“The Prime Minister is expected to speak in two sessions which include the environment, energy, climate, food security, health, gender equality and democracy,” said AEC, announced that the PM would also hold a number of bilateral meetings during the peak.
Visit from 26-28 June will include a stopover on his journey back in Abu Dhabi, where Mr. Modi will make a condolence visit after the death of the late President Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, and meet with the new ruler and President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan.
Among other special invitations to the G-7 Summit are the leaders of Argentina, Indonesia, Senegal and South Africa, and ahead of the expected meeting between Mr. Modi and Indonesian President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) on June 27, officials are working on what is being worked on by officials to find similarities in maintaining independent positions in Russian-Ukraine conflicts, and maintaining focus on the economic impact of war and western sanctions.
PM Modi and South African President Cyril Ramaphosa will also attend the Virtual Summit of BRICS countries organized by Chinese President XI, where they will discuss the situation with Russian President Vladimir Putin and Brazilian President Jair Bolsaro, on June 23-24, right before g The G. -7 KTT.
In an interview with the CNBC business channel, Mr. Widodo called for a ceasefire immediately in Ukraine, and for talks to reduce problems for developing countries that were most vulnerable to “main problems” of “food prices, energy prices and inflation”, A, A stood similar to India.
President Jokowi is expected to fly from Germany, to Kyiv to meet with President Zelensky, and Moscow to meet President Putin, in an effort to play the role of mediation ahead of the G-20 Summit which will be held in Bali in November this year.
India, who will take over the G-20 presidency from Indonesia in December, is also very interested in the future of the G-20 preparation, given that the countries of the North Atlantic Agreement Organization (NATO) led by US President Joe Biden encourage Russia to be expelled From the G-20 grouping, such as the G-7, previously the G-8, expelled Russia from the group in 2014. Both India and India did not support this step, and refused to join the boycott in April when a number of G were not -20 countries out of the International Monetary Fund Meeting (IMF) attended by the Russian Minister of Finance
During the G-7 meeting, Mr. Biden is expected to increase the importance of tighter sanctions towards Russia with a briefing, the White House says that the US appreciates its relationship with India, but wants to suppress its demand to cut Russian oil purchases to paralyze its economy.
“This is a sovereign decision. But we want as much pressure on Russia as an internationally as possible … there needs to be a cost and consequence for what Putin is doing, “said senior official of the National Security Council John Kirby, in response to a specific question about the leap of Indian oil sales in the sale of Indian oil from Russia. Indian purchases have grown “25 times” since the beginning of the war, and the Indian Oil Public Sector (PSU) business has bought an average of one million barrels per day in June, compared to 30,000 barrels in February, Wall Street Journal reports The Wall Street Journal, quoting numbers by KPLER research companies.