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He was invited by UK’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson
Earlier, UK PM’s visit to India was also cancelled due to COVID
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will not physically attend the G7 summit in June this year due to the prevailing COVID situation, a spokesperson of the Ministry of External Affairs said on Tuesday (May 11).
Modi was slated to attend the summit which will be held in Cornwall on the invitation of the UK’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson. While appreciating the invitation to the Prime Minister by UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson to attend the G7 Summit as a Special Invitee, given the prevailing COVID situation, it has been decided that the Prime Minister will not attend the G7 Summit in person,” said the MEA spokesperson in response to media queries.
Jaishankar Holds Talks With UK Counterpart On Bilateral Trade, Covid Cooperation
The duo discussed the implementation of the ‘2030 Roadmap’ of the India-UK Enhanced Trade Partnership (ETP) to pave way for a Free Trade Agreement Twitter Outlook Web Bureau 2021-05-07T07:41:42+05:30 Jaishankar Holds Talks With UK Counterpart On Bilateral Trade, Covid Cooperation outlookindia.com 2021-05-07T07:50:34+05:30
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External affairs minister S Jaishankar held discussions with his British counterpart Dominic Raab on Thursday. The duo discussed bilateral ties, Indo-Pacific cooperation, global health challenges and the implementation of the ‘2030 Roadmap’ of the India-UK Enhanced Trade Partnership (ETP) to pave way for a Free Trade Agreement (FTA).
Jaishankar, Raab welcome India-UK Comprehensive Strategic Partnership: BHC ANI | Updated: May 07, 2021 12:09 IST
New Delhi [India], May 7 (ANI): External Affairs Minister (EAM) S Jaishankar and UK Foreign SecretaryDominic Raab have welcomed the Comprehensive Strategic Partnership between the two countries and discussed how they could coordinate efforts to deliver deeper cooperation, said British High Commission (BHC) on Friday after a virtual meeting between the two leaders was held on Thursday.
A UK Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office spokesperson said: They noted the importance of working together to tackle global challenges such as climate change, coronavirus and countering shared threats including malign cyber activity.
India and UK unveil 10-year road map to stronger ties at virtual summit
AKIPRESS.COM - Modi and Johnson eye more trade and defense cooperation in light of assertive China, Nikkei Asia reported.
With his planned visit to India twice postponed owing to COVID-19, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson held a virtual meeting with his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi on May 4 during which they announced a 10-year plan to deepen the bilateral relationship with a focus on trade and defense. Nine MoUs/Declarations on different fields were agreed/announced at the summit.
The 2030 Roadmap elevates the relationship to a comprehensive strategic partnership, as it also focuses on people-to-people connections, climate action, defense, security, UNSC reforms and health. Indian officials said the declaration of an enhanced trade partnership was one of the big-ticket announcements of the summit. Both leaders further decided to quickly conclude discussions on a free trade agreement.
What the deal involves and why it matters. May 07, 2021 · 11:30 pm UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson and PM Narendra Modi have launched a Roadmap 2030 to expand and deepen bilateral cooperation. | Jeff J Mitchell/ Reuters
The United Kingdom and India have announced a new enhanced deal on trade at a virtual summit. The deal aims to double trade between the two countries by 2030 and declares their joint commitment to start working towards a comprehensive free-trade agreement, for which discussions are due to commence in the autumn.
Britain and India announced £1 billion of new trade and investment as part of this new Enhanced Trade Partnership. Indian investments worth £533 million will be made in Britain, including £240 million by the Serum Institute for the production of Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccines and sales business. At the same time, £446 million worth of export deals were announced by British businesses in India. This builds on a trade relationshi