Leaders of India, Israel, the UAE and the US are expected to discuss the global food and fuel crisis and give greater shape to joint activities and plans this week at the first virtual summit of the I2U2 grouping that was formed last year.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will join his Israeli counterpart Yair Lapid, United Arab Emirates’ Mohamed bin Zayed al Nahyan and US president Joe Biden for the virtual summit of I2U2 – the new name for the grouping derived from the first letters in the names of the countries – on July 14, people familiar with the matter said.
The summit is being held during Biden’s visit to Israel as part of a four-day tour of west Asia. Besides the I2U2 Summit, Biden will also participate in an in-person summit in Jeddah of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) + 3, which will bring together leaders of Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Qatar and the UAE plus Iraq, Jordan and Egypt.
