Anthony Albanese has been snubbed in the initial round of invitations for the G7 leaders’ meeting in Italy in June, despite the prime minister earlier indicating he hoped to go to the summit of the world’s top democratic economies.

Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, who holds the G7’s rotating presidency for 2024, is focusing on South American and African nations, as well as India, according to an early guest list for the summit’s outreach sessions with non-G7 members.