India, July 1 -- This year's G7 Leaders' Summit under the French Presidency had many reasons to go wrong. With multiple conflicts, disrupted maritime trade routes, an energy crisis, an epidemic outbreak, global macroeconomic imbalances, hindered aid patterns, and, more generally, a fragmented world, the stakes were high.

Yet, what unfolded in Evian-les-Bains, France, was a moment of rare convergence. Remarkable discussions enabled genuine cooperation between leaders and concrete commitments to address the major challenges of our times.

This success was the fruit of close coordination not only between G7 member States but also the indispensable G7+ partner countries, notably India, as well as Brazil, Egypt, Kenya, and South Korea. Ukrain...