G7 Summit June 2024

50th G7 summit was held in the luxury resort of Borgo Egnazia in Italy’s Savelletri city in Brindsi province in Apulia region from 13-15 June 2024. The G7 is an informal forum with an annual summit to discuss economic policy and security issues. The members are Canada, France, Germany, Italy,¹ Japan, the United Kingdom and the United States.²

1. USA – Joe Biden
2. UK – Rishi Sunak
3. Canada – Justin Trudaeu
4. France – Emanuel Macron
5. Germany – Olaf Scholz
6. Italy – Giorgia Meloni (host and PM of Italy)
7. Japan – Fumio Kishida

Here’s a recap of Day 1: The G7 leaders’ summit is being held in the luxury resort of Borgo Egnazia in Italy’s Apulia region from June 13 to 15. The annual summit gathered representatives of Italy, Canada, France, Germany, Japan, the United Kingdom, the United States, and the European Union (EU). The centrepiece of the opening day was a political agreement on an outline deal to provide $50 billion of loans for Ukraine using interest from Russian sovereign assets frozen after Moscow invaded its neighbour in 2022.

Express web desk. “G7 Summit Live Updates: India will put concerns of Global South on world stage, says PM Modi as he leaves from Italy.” Indian Express, The Indian Express Private limited, 15 June 2024, https://indianexpress.com/article/india/g7-summit-live-updates-pm-narendra-modi-italy-9391861/. Accessed 15 June 2024.

1. The Italian Peninsula, also known as the Italian Boot, Apennine Peninsula, or penisola italica in Italian, is shaped like a boot. Italians also refer to their country as lo Stivale, which means “the Boot. ↩︎
2. https://apnews.com/article/g7-summit-2024-italy-ukraine-live-fc5fe5c0f07e82c607cdae50a6fb6b36 Accessed on 15 June 2024 ↩︎