Group of Seven (G7)

The G7 announcement came after the military alliance said that Ukraine could join the NATO only "when allies agree and conditions are met", the BBC reported. In a statement, UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said the arrangement, which will defence equipment, training and intelligence sharing, will send a "strong signal" to Russian President Putin.

In a communique following the group's just-concluded annual summit, the G7 leaders said: "We will keep voicing our concerns about the human rights situation in China, including in Tibet and Xinjiang where forced labour is of major concern to us."

Following days of protests, hundreds of demonstrators from home and abroad on Sunday rallied against the G7 leaders' communique and other documents adopted by the summit in Hiroshima, a city once devasted by US atomic bombing during World War II, Xinhua news agency reported. Placards and banners that read No War-themed.

PM Modi took to Twitter and wrote, "Went to the Peace Memorial Museum in Hiroshima and the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park this morning." He also attached the photographs of his visit to the historical sites in Japan. The Prime Minister's Office in a tweet said, "At the Peace Memorial Park and Museum, PM Narendra Modi paid tributes to the Hiroshima victims."

Modi and Lula met on the sidelines of the summit of the G7 advanced economies in Hiroshima. "The talks with President Lula were productive and wide-ranging. India and Brazil will keep working together to deepen trade ties. We also discussed diversifying cooperation in sectors like agriculture, defence and more," Prime Minister.

The G7 Hiroshima Leaders' statement was suddenly issued with one single version in English on Saturday afternoon, followed by two revised versions sent to on-site media by Japan's foreign ministry as of 8 p.m. local time. It was an unusual move to release the document ahead of schedule as the three-day gathering will.

"We stress the important role that increased deliveries of LNG can play, and acknowledge that investment in the sector can be appropriate in response to the current crisis and to address potential gas market shortfalls provoked by the crisis," reads the text. The text makes clear these investments must be limited.

Earlier in the day, Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, who is chairing the G7 gathering, welcomed the leaders at Hiroshima's Peace Memorial Park with his wife Yuko, reports public broadcaster NHK.

The top diplomats, including Japanese Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi and US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, are expected to discuss issues such as the Ukraine crisis and nuclear disarmament over the next two days, Xinhua news agency reported.