G7 summit: India’s Modi meets UK’s Johnson, Trump to take up Kashmir today

BIARRITZ, France – India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi met with his British counterpart, Boris Johnson in Biarritz on Sunday evening on the sidelines of the G7 summit. Indian Prime Minister's Office tweeted after the meeting, " PM Modi begins by congratulating PM Johnson on England's spectacular win in the Third Test of the Ashes a short while ago. The two leaders are discussing ways to strengthen India-UK cooperation." The G7 gathering is taking place against a backdrop of growing worries about a global economic downturn and coincides with an era of international disunity across an array of issues that have strained decades-old allegiances. This summit has been marked by intensifying anti-capitalism protests all over France. Modi will meet US President Donald Trump, who is also present in France to attend the global summit, today. During meeting, Trump will take up alarming situation in the occupied Kashmir and tension along the Line of Control (LoC). Mr Trump will discuss with Modi the human rights violations in IoK. Thousands of people are expected to gather in Paris to protest Indian atrocities in IoK during meeting between Trump and Modi.