WATCH: PM Modi interacts with members of Indian diaspora in Japan's Hiroshima

PM Modi arrived in the Japanese city on Friday to attend the annual summit of the G7 grouping and the third in-person Quad leaders meeting during which he will exchange views with world leaders on global challenges and discuss ways to collectively address them

FP Staff May 19, 2023 18:39:38 IST
WATCH: PM Modi interacts with members of Indian diaspora in Japan's Hiroshima

PM Narendra Modi interacted with members of the Indian diaspora in Japan's Hiroshima on 19 May 2023. Twitter/@narendramodi

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday interacted with the members of the Indian diaspora as he reached the Sheraton Hotel in Hiroshima.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived in the Japanese city on Friday to attend the annual summit of the G7 grouping and the third in-person Quad leaders meeting during which he will exchange views with world leaders on global challenges and discuss ways to collectively address them.

Modi arrived in Hiroshima on the first leg of his three-nation trip to Japan, Papua New Guinea and Australia and is expected to take part in over 40 engagements.

“I am grateful to Hiroshima’s Indian community for a memorable welcome to the city,” he tweeted.

“Landed in Hiroshima to join the G7 Summit proceedings. Will also be having bilateral meetings with various world leaders,” Modi tweeted.

Earlier, in his departure statement, the prime minister said he was looking forward to exchanging views with the G7 countries and other invited partners on challenges that the world faces and the need to collectively address them.

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