New Delhi, June 7 -- The invitation to Prime Minister Narendra attend the G7 summit in Canada was due and "had to come" with India being a big geopolitical power, Foreign Affairs Expert Robinder Sachdev said on Saturday.

"Invitation to Prime Minister Narendra Modi for the G7 Summit was due, it had to come. India is too big a power now, geopolitically, economically, and with our common sense in this world which is in the middle of a conflict. India had to be a participant at the table there," Sachdev told ANI here.

Talking about the "gossip" about Canada not inviting India to the summit, the foreign affairs expert said that "in diplomacy we have to play games," while also saying that sometimes "it is better to keep the other side waiting...