The G7 summit

 The Group of Seven Summit includes Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom and the United States. The presidency of the summit goes around among the member countries and Germany holds the presidency this year. The German chancellor Olaf Scholz has invited India, Argentina, Indonesia, Senegal and South Africa for the summit this year as partner countries. The Ukrainian President, Volodymyr Zelensky will take part virtually on the 27th. 

A number of international organizations are taking part in the summit this year, including the United Nations (UN), the World Trade Organization (WTO), the World Health Organization (WHO), the International Monetary Fund (IMF), and the World Bank. 

The Group of Seven met in the initial years to discuss the economic problems of the times when around 1980's they have included foreign and security policy issues. In 1991, the then Soviet General Secretary Mikhail Gorbachev was invited to the London Summit. And in 1998, Russia became a member and the Group of Eight was constituted. In 2014, Russia was thrown out after it has violated Ukraine's sovereignty and territorial integrity. 

The Prime Minister is to attend the G7 Summit and is expected to speak in two sessions that include energy, environment, climate, food security, health, gender equality, democracy and the Ministry of External Affairs and will also be holding bilateral meetings with some of the leaders of some of the participating countries. 

The war remains on top of tackling climate change in the agenda this year and the member countries are expected to promise and deliver more military support for Kyiv and more sanctions on Moscow but even the leaders admit that defending Ukraine's sovereignty has tough consequences for the rest of the world with the increasing food and fuel prices. Leaders of India, South Africa, Indonesia and Senegal have been invited to discuss what more can be done to curb the global inflation. One idea being looked at is a cap on the price of Russian oil. 

Towards the commencement of the summit Russian missiles strike Kyiv.