UK Foreign Secretary sets out ambition for closer relationship with India English
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15 December 2020 India s Minister for External Affairs, Dr Subrahmanyam Jaishankar welcomes Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab in New Delhi.
UK Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab met Minister of External Affairs Subrahmanyam Jaishankar in New Delhi today (Tuesday 15 December), to set out the UK’s ambition for a strengthened UK-India relationship over the next 10 years.
His visit marked the latest step by the UK to build closer relationships with like-minded countries in the Indo-Pacific region, with India a key strategic partner for the UK. This comes ahead of Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s visit in January and the UK’s invitation to India to be a guest country at our G7 Summit next year.
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