India co-hosted the LeadIT Summit 2022 on the sidelines of COP27 with which…

Concept: In an event-identification question, distinguish an event’s formally named organizing partnership from general attendance or participation. A contemporaneous official record is the controlling evidence for the host or co-host.

Application: The Press Information Bureau release of 15 November 2022 states that India and Sweden hosted the LeadIT Summit 2022 at COP27 in Sharm El-Sheikh. Therefore, the country that co-hosted the summit with India was Sweden.

• Denmark is active in international climate cooperation, but the cited event record does not name it as India’s co-host for this summit.

• France is prominent in climate diplomacy through the Paris Agreement, but the cited event record does not name it as India’s co-host for this summit.

• Japan is prominent in climate diplomacy through the Kyoto Protocol, but the cited event record does not name it as India’s co-host for this summit.

Cross-check: The Ministry of External Affairs India–Sweden relations brief independently records that the two countries co-chaired a LeadIT ministerial meeting in November 2022 on the sidelines of COP27.

Result: Sweden.