India pure ally of G7: PM Modi

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday stated India is a pure ally for the G7 international locations in defending the shared values from a bunch of threats stemming from authoritarianism, terrorism and violent extremism, disinformation and financial coercion.
In a digital tackle at a session on ‘open societies and open economies’ on the G7 summit, the prime minister highlighted India’s civilisational dedication to democracy, freedom of thought and liberty, in response to the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA).

Modi additionally highlighted the revolutionary impression of digital applied sciences on social inclusion and empowerment in India via utility corresponding to Aadhaar, Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) and JAM (Jan Dhan-Aadhaar- Mobile) trinity.
In his remarks, the prime minister underscored the vulnerabilities inherent in open societies and referred to as on tech corporations and social media platforms to make sure a protected cyber setting for his or her customers, extra secretary (financial relations) within the MEA P Harish stated at a press convention.
“The prime minister’s views were appreciated by other leaders in the gathering,” he stated.

Harish stated the G7 leaders underlined their dedication to a free, open and a rules-based Indo-Pacific and resolved to collaborate with companions within the area.
India’s participation on the G7 classes mirrored understanding inside the bloc that decision to “the biggest global crisis of our time” shouldn’t be doable with out India’s involvement and help, he stated, in a reference to the coronavirus pandemic.

He stated India will stay deeply engaged with the G7 and visitor companions on all main points, together with well being governance, entry to vaccines and local weather motion.
The senior MEA official additionally stated that there was widespread help on the G7 deliberations for text-based negotiations on a proposal by India and South Africa for patent waiver on Covid vaccines.
The Group of Seven (G7) contains the UK, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan and the United States.
As chair of G7, the UK invited India, Australia, South Korea, South Africa to the summit as visitor international locations.
The leaders of the world’s superior economies held a summit in Cornwall within the UK from June 11-13. It is for the primary time the leaders of the grouping met in particular person because the coronavirus pandemic started.