51st G7 summit

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.

51st G7 Summit
Host country	Canada
Date	16–17 June 2025
Venues	Kananaskis, Alberta, Canada
Participants	Canada  France  Germany  Italy  Japan  United Kingdom  United States  European Union Invited countries  Australia  Brazil  India  Mexico  South Africa  South Korea  Ukraine
Follows	50th G7 summit
Precedes	52nd G7 summit
Website	g7.canada.ca/en

Leaders at the summit

Mark Carney chaired the 51st G7 summit.

G7 leaders with the leaders of invited countries

The 2025 summit was the first summit for European Council President António Costa, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, and Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba. 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]

Gallery of participating leaders

• 
  Canada
  Mark Carney,
  Prime Minister (Host)
• 
  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,
  President of the European Council
• 
  European Union
  Ursula von der Leyen,
  President of the European Commission

Invited leaders

• 
   Australia
  Anthony Albanese, Prime Minister
• 
   Brazil
  Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, President
• 
   India
  Narendra Modi, Prime Minister
• 
   Mexico
  Claudia Sheinbaum, President
• 
   South Africa
  Cyril Ramaphosa, President
• 
   South Korea
  Lee Jae-myung, President
• 
   Ukraine
  Volodymyr Zelenskyy, President
• 
  NATO
  Mark Rutte, Secretary General
• 
   United Nations
  António Guterres, Secretary General
• 
  World Bank
  Ajay Banga, President

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)

G7 Foreign Ministers meeting in Charlevoix, 13 March 2025

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

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney with British Prime Minister Keir Starmer at Parliament Hill, Ottawa, 15 June 2025

Working session on 16 June 2025

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]

US President Donald Trump with German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, 16 June 2025

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]

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