Secretary of State Sarai concludes profitable G7 Development Ministers’ Meeting in France

May 1, 2026 – Ottawa, Ontario – Global Affairs Canada

The Honourable Randeep Sarai, Secretary of State (International Development), concluded an official go to to Paris, France, from April 28 to 30, 2026, throughout which he represented Canada on the G7 Development Ministers’ Meeting.

Under France’s G7 presidency, this yr’s assembly centered on advancing a renewed strategy to improvement grounded in mutually useful partnerships. Discussions coated key priorities, together with constructing consensus on a brand new improvement mannequin, addressing the impacts of the Middle East disaster on weak international locations, closing the worldwide infrastructure funding hole and strengthening the worldwide monetary structure to raised assist accomplice international locations.

During his go to, Secretary of State Sarai introduced $51.5 million in new worldwide help programming to mobilize non-public capital and blended finance options, strengthen world impression investing and improve infrastructure improvement.

While in Paris, Secretary of State Sarai participated in a reception marking the second assembly of the G7 Infrastructure Investment Council, alongside representatives from G7 improvement finance establishments, worldwide monetary establishments and the non-public sector. He emphasised that closing the worldwide infrastructure hole will not be solely a financing problem however a improvement, financial and safety precedence. He highlighted the significance of coordinated private and non-private funding to mobilize non-public capital at scale—an strategy Canada is advancing by way of FinDev Canada’s work to assist excessive‑impression, sustainable infrastructure investments in rising markets.

Throughout the assembly, Secretary of State Sarai additionally highlighted Canada’s efforts to ship tangible outcomes by strengthening communities and contributing to world stability, prosperity and safety. He underscored Canada’s dedication to partnering with growing international locations to assist them in advancing their priorities and independence, whereas rising financial alternatives that profit everybody. This was strengthened by Canada’s current announcement of a purpose to ship over $13 billion in worldwide local weather finance to growing international locations over the subsequent 5 years, together with by way of FinDev Canada, Global Affairs Canada, and Environment and Climate Change Canada.

On the margins of the G7 assembly, Secretary of State Sarai held bilateral discussions with a number of counterparts to advance Canada’s improvement priorities. These conversations centered on alternatives for deeper cooperation and collaboration on improvement and humanitarian responses.

To conclude the assembly, Secretary of State Sarai and his G7 counterparts endorsed a communiqué outlining their dedication to putting shared prosperity, collective stability and safety, the well-being of communities and sustainable development on the core of worldwide cooperation.