51st G7 summit

51st G7 Summit
Host country Canada
Date16–17 June 2025
Venue(s)Kananaskis, Alberta, Canada
Participants
Invited countries
Follows50th G7 summit
Precedes52nd G7 summit
Websiteg7.canada.ca/en

The 51st G7 summit, the 57th annual meeting of the G7, was held from 16 to 17 June 2025 in Kananaskis, Alberta, Canada.[1][2] This was the 2nd G7 summit to be held in Kananaskis since the 28th G8 summit in 2002,[3][4] and the seventh summit held in Canada.

Leaders at the summit

The 2025 summit was the first summit for European Council President António Costa, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney, Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, and German Chancellor Friedrich Merz. The visit marked the first international visit to Canada for British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, South Korean President Lee Jae-myung, and marked the second visit to Canada by U.S. President Donald Trump and the first visit since the 44th G7 summit in 2018. It marked the third visit to Canada for French President Emmanuel Macron and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.

In May, Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum was invited to attend.[5] Following the announcement, she told reporters that she had not decided if she would attend, but that it is "a possibility".[6][7] On 30 May, Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva was invited and is expected to attend.[8] In June, Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia Mohammed bin Salman was invited. However, on 12 June it was confirmed that he will not be attending the summit.[9][10]

Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto was initially invited by Mark Carney to attend the G7 summit,[11] which he accepted.[12] However, on 12 June, Prabowo announced that he would skip the summit and meet Singaporean Prime Minister Lawrence Wong, Vietnamese President Lương Cường, and Russian President Vladimir Putin instead.[13][14][15]

Participants and representatives

Core G7 Members
The host state and leader are shown in bold text.
Member Represented by Title
Canada (Host) Mark Carney Prime Minister
France Emmanuel Macron President
Germany Friedrich Merz Chancellor
Italy Giorgia Meloni Prime Minister
Japan Shigeru Ishiba Prime Minister
United Kingdom Keir Starmer Prime Minister
United States Donald Trump President
European Union António Costa Council President
Ursula von der Leyen Commission President
Invitees[16]
Countries Represented by Title
Australia Anthony Albanese[17] Prime Minister
Brazil Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva[8] President
India Narendra Modi[18] Prime Minister
Mexico Claudia Sheinbaum[19] President
South Africa Cyril Ramaphosa[20] President
South Korea Lee Jae-myung[21] President
Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy[22] President
International organizations Represented by Title
NATO Mark Rutte Secretary-General
United Nations António Guterres Secretary-General
World Bank Ajay Banga President

Invited leaders who did not attend

Countries Invited Leader Title
Indonesia Prabowo Subianto President
Saudi Arabia Mohammed bin Salman Crown Prince
United Arab Emirates Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan President[23]

Invited leaders

Event calendar

The Canadian Prime Ministerial Office announced the following events:[24]

Date Event Venue
12–14 March Foreign Ministers' Meeting Charlevoix, Quebec
20–22 May Finance Ministers and Central Governors' Meeting Banff, Alberta
15–17 June Leaders' Summit Kananaskis Village, Alberta

Foreign Ministers' Meeting (12–14 March)

During the G7 Foreign Ministers meeting in Charlevoix on 12–14 March 2025 they made agreements on the following issues:[25]

  • Ukraine's long-term prosperity and security
  • Regional peace and stability in the Middle East
  • Cooperation to increase security and resilience across the Indo-Pacific
  • Building stability and resilience in Haiti and Venezuela
  • Supporting lasting peace in Sudan and the Democratic Republic of the Congo
  • Strengthening sanctions and countering hybrid warfare and sabotage

Events leading to the summit

On 14 June, Canadian Prime Minister Carney and British Prime Minister Starmer held their bilateral meeting in Ottawa. On route to Ottawa, Starmer stated that "Canada is an independent, sovereign country and a much-valued member of the Commonwealth" in the wake of President Trump's threats to annex Canada as the 51st state.[26] Upon arrival, Starmer had dinner with Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney at his official residence at Rideau Cottage, later the two watched a National Hockey League game between the Edmonton Oilers and the Florida Panthers.[27] They agreed to establish a Economic and Trade Working Group and to deepen the Trade Continuity Agreement, while Carney committed Canada to ratifying the UK's accession to CPTPP.[28][29][30] The meeting was the first between two international leaders since Israel's strikes on Iran starting the 2025 Iran–Israel conflict; Starmer began a diplomatic push to try to de-escalate the Middle Eastern crisis.[31][32]

Iran–Israel War

Following the outbreak of the war, Trump stated that he needed to leave in order to control the United States's response to the conflict, this meant that he sidelined some scheduled meetings with world leaders.[33]

On 16 June 2025, G7 leaders said in a statement: "We affirm that Israel has a right to defend itself. We reiterate our support for the security of Israel. Iran is the principal source of regional instability and terror."[34]

Explanatory notes

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