Reaffirming India’s stand against terrorism, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has urged leaders of the G7 to galvanise global action against terrorism, and underscored the need for strict action against those who “promote and support” it.

In his address Tuesday at the G7 Outreach Session here in Canada, the Prime Minister also called for attention to the Global South’s concerns and priorities.

Earlier, the Prime Minister said he held “productive” exchanges with G7 leaders on key global challenges and shared aspirations for a better planet.

The G7 summit comes amidst rising geopolitical tensions, including escalating tensions in the Middle East in the wake of the strikes between Iran and Israel, as well as a trade war triggered by U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariff policies.

Mr. Trump, who arrived in Kananaskis Sunday (June 15, 2025) for the G7 Summit was expected to have bilateral meetings with many world leaders. However, Mr. Trump is abruptly leaving the summit, departing a day early Monday as the conflict between Israel and Iran intensifies and the U.S. leader has declared that Tehran should be evacuated “immediately.”

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The Group of Seven (G7) is an informal grouping of the world’s advanced economies- France, the U.S., the U.K., Germany, Japan, Italy and Canada and the European Union. Its members meet annually at the G7 Summit to discuss global economic and geopolitical issues.

India, the fifth-largest economy in the world, has regularly been invited to the Outreach session of the G7 Summit in the past few years.

The summit is expected to deliberate on pressing challenges facing the globe including the Russia-Ukraine conflict and the situation in West Asia.

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As the 50th G7 Summit closes in Kananaskis, Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney confirms a consensus has been reached among global leaders on the current conflicts in Ukraine…

“We’re also sending over $2 billion in funding for drones, ammunition, armoured vehicles to help Ukrainians defend their territory, as well as a $2.3 billion loan to help rebuild the infrastructure in that country. And (we) take a moment to reiterate our condolences, given the barbarism witnessed overnight in Kyiv caused by Russia.”

… and also in the Middle East.

“G7 leaders also reiterated our commitment to the pursuit of peace and stability in the Middle East, made clear that Iran is the principal source of regional instability and terror. And we’ve been consistently clear that Iran can never have a nuclear weapon. We urge that the resolution of the Iranian crisis leads to a broader de-escalation of hostilities, including a ceasefire in Gaza.”

But with the early departure from the summit of United States President Donald Trump, the G7 wasn’t able to produce any joint declaration to demonstrate their unity on the matters.

JOURNALIST: “Joint statement specifically on Ukraine. It is the presidential statement or your chair statement, but it is not signed by the seven leaders. Why is that the case? What happened?”

CARNEY: “Nothing. Okay. This was discussed by all seven leaders. Well, it’s more than seven because we have the presidents of the European Commission and the presidents of the European Council last night at dinner, these exact words, and they’re in my chair summary. We had, as I said in French, we had a declaration given the exceptional and fast-moving situation in Iran. We concentrated on that and on this specific one, I held this for my chair summary.”

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy also joined the final session of the summit, but as he left without meeting Mr Trump or securing any further military support, Mr Zelenskyy stressed that while his country wants a peace negotiation, they’ll need international pressure to make it happen.

But the leaders still managed to draft a document on strategy to protect critical mineral supply.

For Australia, the G7 Summit has been fruitful.

While his meeting with Mr Trump was cancelled, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese held talks with senior US economic officials, including the US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, on tariffs between the US and Australia.

He also agreed to begin negotiation with the European Union on a security and defence partnership, after meeting the European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen, and European Council president, Antonio Costa.

“We see this as an important framework for our current and future cooperation in areas like defence industry, cyber and counter-terrorism. And we will have our respective ministers progress that over coming weeks, but we hope to conclude those discussions pretty quickly.”

Foreign Minister Penny Wong and Defence Minister Richard Marles will be leading the negotiation.

Mr Albanese says he’s hopeful that Australia and the EU will reach a free trade agreement.

“Unless the deal is in Australia’s national interest then we won’t agree to it. But there are two or three issues, half of which have been resolved, I think satisfactorily. We’ll continue to put forward our view of an increase in the offer which is there for our sheep meat and our beef. We’ll continue to engage constructively and I am hopeful that we’ll get a deal done.”

Ukraine’s leader was denied a meeting with his most powerful ally, after Donald Trump left the summit a day early.

The Group of Seven summit in Canada has ended without leaders issuing a joint statement in support of Ukraine, as Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelenskyy warned that “diplomacy is now in a state of crisis”.

The summit of major industrial democracies, which wrapped up in the Canadian Rocky Mountain resort of Kananaskis late on Tuesday, had been intended to showcase unity on major global issues.

But unlike in previous years, when the group had jointly denounced Russian “aggression” against Ukraine, this time it was unable to issue a statement in support of the embattled Western ally, in a sign of growing differences within the group amid escalating global crises.

Zelenskyy met the leaders of Canada, the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Italy and Japan, along with NATO chief Mark Rutte, on the final day of the conference. However, a meeting with the leader of the group’s most powerful member, the United States – President Donald Trump – did not take place after he left the summit a day early to address the escalating hostilities between Israel and Iran from Washington.

Zelenskyy said after the meeting that he had told the remaining G7 leaders that “diplomacy is now in a state of crisis”, and asked them to continue calling on Trump “to use his real influence” to press for an end to the war, according to a post on his official Telegram account.

Statement on US resistance retracted

A Canadian official initially told reporters on the sidelines of the summit that plans for a joint statement on Ukraine had been dropped after meeting resistance from the US, which wanted to water down the content, news agencies reported.

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But Emily Williams, a spokesperson for Canada’s prime minister, later retracted the briefing statement and said “no proposed statement regarding Ukraine was distributed to other leaders”, agencies reported.

A Canadian official said there had never been an attempt to issue a joint statement on Ukraine because of Trump’s wishes to continue negotiating with Russian President Vladimir Putin, the AFP news agency reported.

“It was clear that it would not have been feasible to find detailed language that all G7 partners could agree to in that context,” the official said on condition of anonymity.

Trump had underlined the differences in views towards Russia within the group on Monday, when he said it had been a mistake to expel Moscow from what was formerly the G8 in response to its invasion and annexation of Ukraine’s Crimea in 2014.

Canada pledges military support

Zelenskyy had arrived at the summit calling for support from Ukraine’s allies, and declaring he was ready for peace negotiations.

“We are ready for the peace negotiations, unconditional ceasefire,” he said. “But for this, we need pressure.”

He left with a pledge from Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney to provide 2 billion Canadian dollars ($1.47bn) in new military assistance for Kyiv, as well as to impose new financial sanctions on Russia.

Trump did agree to a group statement before his departure, calling for a resolution of the Israel-Iran conflict. The statement, issued on Monday, backed Israel, calling Iran the principal source of regional instability and terror, and asserting that Israel has the right to defend itself.

The statement called for a “de-escalation of hostilities”, despite some bellicose social media posts from Trump hinting at greater US military involvement in the conflict.

Last Updated: June 18, 2025, 07:47 IST

G7 Summit 2025 Highlights: Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed the G7 Summit in Canada’s Kananaskis and held bilateral talks with world leaders after arriving in Calgary, his first visit to Canada in a decade. He highlighted the need to ensure energy security and reiterated India’s stand against terrorism and thanked the leaders for condemning the Pahalgam terror attack.

The Kananaskis gathering on June 16-17 is the Prime Minister’s 6th consecutive participation in the G7 Summit. The Indian Prime Minister also met his Canadian counterpart, Mark Carney, on the sidelines of the high-profile summit.

In a major step towards rebuilding ties, India and Canada agreed to restore full diplomatic ties and appoint new high commissioners after the meeting between the two leaders, marking a significant thaw in strained relations following months of tension.

In the last few months, the security officials of India and Canada resumed contact and both sides were looking at the possibility of appointing new high commissioners.

The G7 Summit was marred by US President Donald Trump’s early departure, as Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy left the summit without a joint statement of support from members, albeit with $2 billion of aid from Canada.

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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy departed the Group of Seven summit in Kananaskis, Canada on Tuesday without securing a long-sought meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump or a joint G7 statement backing Ukraine. The summit exposed deepening divides among the Western powers over how to address Russia’s war, as Trump departed early to manage the escalating conflict between Israel and Iran.

Canada pledged 2 billion Canadian dollars ($1.47 billion) in new military aid for Ukraine, but the absence of unified messaging from the G7 marked a shift from previous summits. Speaking after meeting the remaining G7 leaders, Zelenskyy said in a Telegram post: “Diplomacy is now in a state of crisis.” He urged leaders to “continue calling on Trump to use his real influence” to help end the war.

A Canadian official initially told reporters that plans for a joint statement on Ukraine were scrapped due to U.S. resistance. That claim was later retracted by Emily Williams, a spokesperson for Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney, who stated that “no proposed statement regarding Ukraine was distributed to other leaders.”

President Trump did endorse a separate group statement on the Israel-Iran conflict before departing the summit, which described Iran as a key source of instability and affirmed Israel’s right to defend itself.

At a closing press conference, Carney said, “We had a declaration given the exceptional, fast-moving situation in Iran.” G7 leaders did agree to six other statements on topics ranging from artificial intelligence to transnational repression, but Ukraine was noticeably absent from the communiqués.

The Kremlin quickly seized on the G7’s disunity. A Russian official said Tuesday the group “looked rather useless,” and praised Trump for saying the expulsion of Russia from what was formerly the G8 in 2014 was a mistake.

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said he was “returning to Germany with cautious optimism that decisions will also be made in America in the coming days to impose further sanctions against Russia.”

Trump’s early exit left U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick to continue discussions with G7 counterparts. A White House official said the president returned to Washington to lead high-level National Security Council meetings in person due to the deteriorating Middle East situation.

While Ukraine secured a financial commitment from Canada, Zelenskyy’s broader mission to rally unified pressure on Russia was undercut by the absence of new arms pledges from the U.S., Ukraine’s most significant defense partner. Several European diplomats indicated Trump expressed openness to further actions, including potential U.S. Senate legislation drafted by Senator Lindsey Graham, but no firm commitments were made.

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Zelenskyy told reporters Ukraine remains ready for peace, saying, “We are ready for the peace negotiations, unconditional ceasefire. But for this, we need pressure.”