Canada dropped plans for the Group of Seven to issue a strong statement on the Ukraine war after resistance from the United States, a Canadian official told reporters on the sidelines of a leaders' summit on Tuesday.

PM Modi is in Canada to attend the annual G7 Summit. He said he would be discussing important global issues and highlight the issues of the Global South at the international forum.

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney and his counterparts from the UK, France, Germany, Italy, and Japan were joined by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and NATO chief Mark Rutte and discussed Russia’s relentless war on its neighbor at what has essentially become just the G6.

The US sought to soften the draft, but Canada opposed it, saying it wouldn’t be fair to Ukraine as President Zelenskyy arrived at the summit.

Trump's relationship with Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney will be in the spotlight at the G7, after past conflict with his predecessor, Justin Trudeau.

As the G7 group of large democratic nations with big economies meets Sunday in Alberta, Canada they have a broad agenda in the midst of global economic and military turmoil.

Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni was caught rolling her eyes as French President Emmanuel Macron whispered to her during the G7 summit in Canada.

Prime Minister Mark Carney outlined $4.3 billion in new support for Ukraine's defence as he met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on the sidelines of the G7 summit in Alberta on Tuesday.