Busy foreign policy schedule for new NDA government
Hindustan TimesThe new National Democratic Alliance government is set to have a busy foreign policy agenda in the coming weeks, with Prime Minister Narendra Modi travelling to Italy for the G7 Summit this week and preparations underway for a review of the Initiative on Critical and Emerging Technology with the US. The visit, the first foreign trip by Modi in his third term, will bring him face to face with leaders such as US President Joe Biden, UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, French President Emmanuel Macron, Japan Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Ukranian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, who is a special invitee. Modi’s visit is yet to be formally announced and the people said preparations were underway for bilateral meetings with several leaders on the margins of the G7 Summit, including his Italian counterpart Giorgia Meloni. India and the US are also preparing for a much-delayed review of the Initiative on Critical and Emerging Technology, which is set to be conducted when US National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan visits New Delhi in the third week of June, the people said.