Apart from PM Modi, Japanese PM Shinzo Abe, Malaysian PM Mahathir Mohammad, and Mongolian President Khaltmaagiin Battulga have attended the EEF hosted by Russian President Vladimir Putin.
PM Modi along with Amit Shah, Rajnath Singh and Nitin Gadkari had launched the membership drive from Varanasi, Telangana, Jaipur and Nagpur respectively on July 6
UAE was one of the first nations to extend support to India and declare that the decisions regarding Article 370 in Jammu and Kashmir are India's internal matter.