This year’s G7 Leaders’ Summit under the French Presidency had many reasons to go wrong. With multiple conflicts, disrupted maritime trade routes, an energy crisis, an epidemic outbreak, global macroeconomic imbalances, hindered aid patterns, and, more generally, a fragmented world, the stakes were high.

Yet, what unfolded in Evian-les-Bains, France, was a moment of rare convergence. Remarkable discussions enabled genuine cooperation between leaders and concrete commitments to address the major challenges of our times.

This success was the fruit of close coordination not only between G7 member States but also the indispensable G7 partner countries, notably India, as well as Brazil, Egypt, Kenya, and South Korea. Ukraine, the UAE, and Qatar were also invited to the Leaders’ Summit to lend their insights. The French Presidency decided to mobilise the experience and vision of India and partner countries not only at the Leaders’ Summit but also, for the first time, throughout the preparatory process in the run-up to the Summit. India and France’s relationship with the G7 goes back a long way. India’s engagement with the G7 had started at Evian in 2003 at France’s invitation. Prime Minister........

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