IANS Ottawa

Several world leaders have gathered at the Canadian Rockies for the Group of Seven (G7) Summit being held amid escalating tensions in the Middle East. The G7 leaders conducted a 90-minute session in Canada's Kananaskis to discuss the global economic outlook, and a working lunch focused on energy security with invited leaders.

The leaders had unveiled its slimmed-down agenda on Sunday, prioritising discussions on the global economy and energy security. The G7 is an informal bloc comprising seven of the world's advanced economies – Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Britain and the United States – along with the European Union.

The G7 leaders, including US President Donald Trump, Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, French President Emmanuel Macron, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, Australian PM Anthony Albanese, Japanese PM Shigeru Ishiba, British PM Keir Starmer and several others, have arrived in the city for the two-day summit. Meanwhile, President Emmanuel Macron on Sunday reaffirmed France and the EU’s support for Greenland's autonomy and Denmark's sovereignty.