Prime Minister Narendra Modi has called off his visit to the UK next month for an in-person visit to Britain to attend the G-7 summit. “While appreciating the invitation to the Prime Minister by UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson to attend the G7 Summit as a special invitee, given the prevailing covid-19 situation, it has been decided that the Prime Minister will not attend the G-7 Summit in person," a statement from the Indian foreign ministry said on Tuesday. India, Australia and South Korea are among the special invitees for this year’s G-7 Summit hosted by Johnson in Cornwall. The four leaders had met virtually on 12 March for the first-ever leaders’ summit of Quad countries. The G-7 meet is the second in-person visit in a row that Modi has declined.

Source: Mint May 11, 2021 14:36 UTC