{"id":136992,"date":"2022-11-21T19:06:44","date_gmt":"2022-11-21T13:36:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/?p=136992"},"modified":"2022-11-21T19:06:44","modified_gmt":"2022-11-21T13:36:44","slug":"image-of-nato-g7-emergency-meeting-shared-with-a-misleading-claim-about-modi-not-being-invited","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/image-of-nato-g7-emergency-meeting-shared-with-a-misleading-claim-about-modi-not-being-invited\/","title":{"rendered":"Image of NATO-G7 emergency meeting shared with a misleading claim about Modi not being invited"},"content":{"rendered":"

Last week during the G20 summit in Bali, world leaders were informed of a missile attack in Przewodow, a village in eastern Poland near the border with Ukraine. The explosion in the NATO member state, which is understood to have killed at least two people, came as a wave of Russian missiles hit civilian targets across Ukraine, including the capital<\/a> Kyiv.<\/p>\n

In the context of this critical situation, journalists reported that on November 16, US President Joe Biden had called for an emergency meeting of like-minded leaders. A photo of the emergency meeting was also shared across social media.<\/p>\n

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President Biden is hosting a meeting of likeminded leaders here in Bali imminently on Ukraine, Poland and the explosions in Poland that may have been caused by a Russian rocket.<\/p>\n

\u2014 Josh Wingrove (@josh_wingrove) November 16, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Professor Ashok Swain, a strong critic of Prime Minister Modi tweeted<\/a> a photo of the meeting with the caption, “Biden called an emergency meeting at #G20 – India\u2019s so-called Vishwaguru Modi is missing!”. Professor Swain’s caption took a dig at PM Modi for not being invited to the meeting despite being the “vishwaguru” (world leader).<\/p>\n

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Twitter user Kamran also shared<\/a> the photo on the platform with similar captions as Ashok Swain.<\/p>\n

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While replying to a tweet of BJP leader Subramanian Swamy, user @cheroor2010<\/a> also added the viral photo with similar captions. The user also described India’s foreign policy as “Hijda”, a pejorative for transgender people in South Asia.<\/p>\n

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Fact-check<\/h4>\n

We performed a Google search using relevant keywords and came across various news reports regarding the emergency meeting held by President Biden. As per<\/a> CNN, this roundtable meeting involved leaders from Canada, the European Union, Spain, Italy, France, Germany, the Netherlands, and Japan.<\/p>\n

The Independent reported<\/a> that President Biden had convened an \u2018emergency\u2019 G7 and Nato meeting after Russian-made rockets strike Poland.<\/p>\n

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The New York Times <\/span>reported<\/a> that NATO and G7 leaders issued a statement offering their full support to Poland’s ongoing investigation.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"\" Based on this, we performed a subsequent keyword search and found the full statement on the website<\/a> of the White House. The heading of the statement highlights that it is a joint statement of NATO and G7 leaders and the first paragraph also mentions the countries that were present at the meeting.<\/p>\n

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It is important to note that India is neither a NATO member state nor a G7 country. The NATO website<\/a> says, “NATO is an Alliance that consists of 30 independent member countries.” We did not find India on the list. The G7 Germany website<\/a> highlights Canada, the United Kingdom, The European Union, Germany, Italy, France, Japan, and the USA.<\/p>\n