Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be visiting Hiroshima on 19-21 May 2023 at the invitation of Japanese Prime Minister Kishida Fumio for the G-7 Summit under the Japanese Presidency.

During the Summit, he will speak at G-7 sessions with partner countries, on subjects such as peace, stability and prosperity of a sustainable planet; food, fertiliser and energy security; health; gender equality; climate change and environment; resilient infrastructure; and development cooperation.

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The PM will also hold bilateral meetings with some of the participating leaders on the side-lines of the summit.

He will then travel to Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea, where he will host the 3rd Summit of the Forum for India–Pacific Islands Cooperation (FIPIC III Summit) jointly with Prime Minister of Papua New Guinea James Marape on 22 May. Launched in 2014, FIPIC involves India and 14 Pacific Island Countries (PICs), namely, Fiji, Papua New Guinea, Tonga, Tuvalu, Kiribati, Samoa, Vanuatu, Niue, Federated States of Micronesia, Republic of Marshall Islands, Cook Islands, Palau, Nauru and Solomon Islands.

Modi will have bilateral engagements in Papua New Guinea, including meetings with Governor-General Sir Bob Dadae and Prime Minister James Marape. This will be the first visit by an Indian PM to Papua New Guinea.

Thereafter, the PM will visit Sydney, Australia, on 22-24 May at the invitation of Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese to participate in the Quad Leaders’ Summit, along with US President Joseph R. Biden and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio.

The summit provides an opportunity to the Leaders to exchange views about developments in the Indo-Pacific region and advance their vision for a free, open and inclusive Indo-Pacific