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Watch | Biden walks up to Modi to share pleasantries ahead of G7 group photo
G7 summit: PM Modi, standing next to Justin Trudeau for a group photo, was also seen interacting with the Canadian Prime Minister. The two leaders are set to hold a bilateral meeting later in the evening.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday was seen sharing a couple of warm moments with global leaders, including United States President Joe Biden, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, French President Emmanuel Macron and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau at the G7 Summit venue in Schloss Elmau, Germany.
One such moment was seen in a video shared by news agency Reuters wherein Biden was seen walking up to Modi to greet him and exchange pleasantries. They also warmly shook hands.
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Modi, standing next to Trudeau for the group photo, was also seen interacting with the Canadian Prime Minister. The two leaders are set to hold a bilateral meeting later in the evening.
This was the first meeting between Modi and Biden after the Quad summit in Japan 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.
Modi, is in Germany on a two-day visit from Sunday for the summit of the G7. He was received by Scholz upon his arrival at Schloss Elmau in southern Germany where the summit is being held.
The camaraderie between Modi and Macron was also on full display as they hugged and briefly chatted after the group photo. As the G7 leaders went inside the summit venue, the two leaders continued with their discussion and went inside together.
The German Presidency has invited Argentina, India, Indonesia, Senegal and South Africa to the G7 Summit in Elmau, Bavaria.
(With inputs from agencies)
