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2025 G7 Leaders' Summit in Kananaskis, Canada Concludes

Posted 18 Jun 2025

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India participated as an Outreach Country in 51st G7 Summit (2025) held in Kananaskis, Canada.

The 51st G7 Summit (2025) Summit Outcomes:

  • Kananaskis Wildfire Charter: Aligns with commitments to halt and reverse deforestation and forest and land degradation by 2030 globally (Glasgow Leaders' Declaration on Forests and Land Use, 2021)
    • The Charter was endorsed by India.
  • Launched G7 Critical Minerals Action Plan: It builds on the Five-Point Plan for Critical Minerals Security established during Japan's G7 Presidency in 2023. (Also, endorsed by India).
    • Also, G7 committed to strengthen World Bank-led Resilient and Inclusive Supply Chain Enhancement (RISE) Partnership.
  • G7 Condemned Transnational Repression (TNR): TNR is an aggressive form of foreign interference whereby states or their proxies attempt to intimidate, harass, harm or coerce individuals or communities outside their borders.
  • Commit to Prevent migrant smuggling: Through the G7 Coalition to Prevent and Counter the Smuggling of Migrants and the 2024 G7 Action Plan to Prevent and Counter the Smuggling of Migrants.
  • Canada as G7 presidency launched: The G7 GovAI Grand Challenge and will host a series of “Rapid Solution Labs” to design innovative, scalable solutions addressing key barriers to AI adoption within the public sector.
    • Intends to close digital divides in line with the United Nations Global Digital Compact.

Addressing the G7 Outreach Session, the Prime Minister put forth pressing questions for the international community:

  • Will countries understand the grave threat posed by terrorism only when they become a target?
  • How can perpetrators of terror and its victims be equated?
  • Will global institutions be mute spectators to terrorism?

About G-7 Summit 

  • International forum held annually for the leaders of the G7 member states - France, USA, United Kingdom, Germany, Japan, Italy, and Canada (in order of rotating presidency), and European Union (EU).
  • Genesis: Formed in 1970s (during energy crisis) to coordinate policies on macroeconomy, currency, trade, and energy.
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  • G7
  • Kananaskis Wildfire Charter
  • Transnational Repression
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