PM Modi to embark on 3-nation visit of Japan, Papua New Guinea, Australia from May 19

NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will embark on a six-day visit to three countries — Japan, Papua New Guinea and Australia — from Friday to attend multilateral summits, including the Group of Seven (G7) meeting in Hiroshima.
In a whirlwind three-nation tour, PM Modi has as many as 40 engagements lined up and will also interact with nearly two dozen world leaders.
PM Modi will first travel to Hiroshima to participate in the G7 summit, where India has been invited as a guest country. This would be the first leg of the Prime Minister's three-country visit.
India is also planning for a Quadrilateral Security Dialogue (QUAD) leaders meeting in Japan on the sidelines of the G7 summit, foreign secretary Vinay Kwatra said on Thursday.
While addressing the special briefing on Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to three-nation countries, Kwatra said, "We are also planning Quad leaders meeting in Hiroshima with Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, President of the US Joe Biden, Prime Minister of Australia Anthony Albanese, and of course our Prime Minister Narendra Modi."
This statement came after the Quad summit, scheduled to take place on May 24 in Australia, was called off.
The Prime Minister will then travel to Papua New Guinea to host the third summit of the forum for India-Pacific Islands Cooperation jointly with his Papua New Guinea counterpart James Marape on May 22.
In Papua New Guinea, Prime Minister will begin his bilateral engagements the next day with a call on the Governor General of the Pacific island country, which will be followed by a meeting with Prime Minister James Marape. This will be Prime Minister's first visit to that country during his stay in Port Moraspi.
After that, PM Modi will visit Sydney in Australia where he will hold a bilateral meeting with Australian prime minister Anthony Albanese.
He will address over thousands of members of Indian diaspora in Sydney along with his Australian counterpart at a community event on May 23.
PM Modi will also interact with Australian CEOs and business leaders during his visit.
"The visit has a lot of elements from culture to commerce and diaspora to diplomacy," a government source said.