Prime Minister Narendra Modi will not travel to the UK to attend the G-7 summit in June, the government informed. odi was to be a special invitee to the G-7 summit in Cornwall on June 11-13 at UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson's invitation.

"While appreciating the invitation to the Prime Minister by UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson to attend the G7 Summit as a Special Invitee, given the prevailing COVID situation, it has been decided that the Prime Minister will not attend the G-7 Summit in person," a Ministry of External Affairs spokesperson was quoted as saying by IBNS.

US President Joe Biden will reportedly attend the meeting of the G-7, which brings together some of the most developed economies around the world like the UK, US, Canada, France, Germany, Italy and Japan. June's summit will be the first in-person event of the group in two years.

Boris Johnson had invited India as a special guest, along with leaders of Australia and South Korea.