UK calls on South Korea, India and Australia to attend G-7 summit

Johnson floats group expansion as he announces trip to meet Modi

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British Prime Minister Boris Johnson inside his office in No. 10 Downing Street on Dec. 7. The U.K. is looking to strengthen ties with democracies in the Asia-Pacific region. (Photo courtesy of No. 10 Downing Street)

YUSUKE NAKAJIMA, Nikkei staff writer

LONDON -- The British government has invited South Korea, India and Australia to a meeting of leading industrial countries it will chair next year as "guest nations."

The invitation to the Group of Seven summit reflects Prime Minister Boris Johnson's "ambition to work with a group of like-minded democracies to advance shared interests and tackle common challenges," his office said Tuesday while announcing Johnson will visit India next month.

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