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Brexit trade talks with India: We don t duck the difficult issues
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The UK Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab says that a post Brexit free-trade agreement with India could take many years, adding that the mutual benefits of securing one would be “enormous”.
During a three-day trip to India, Mr Raab told the BBC s Rajini Vaidyanathan the UK government wouldn’t hold back from concerns about India s human rights issues, but said the government wouldn’t allow that to “eclipse broader co-operation”.
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India, UK vow to create new coronavirus vaccine hub 2 minutes read
New Delhi, Dec 16 (efe-epa).- India and the United Kingdom will join forces to create a new coronavirus vaccine hub, UK Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab said on Wednesday, promising a new partnership for “equitable access” to the vaccine across the world.
Raab, who arrived in India on Monday for a four-day visit, met Prime Minister Narendra Modi to discuss the two countries working together “as a force for good and launching the pioneering new vaccines hub,” according to a statement by the UK Foreign Affairs office.
The foreign secretary also visited a Delhi health clinic where a new coronavirus vaccine developed by Oxford and AstraZeneca would be administered.
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PM Narendra Modi has called for an ambitious and outcome-oriented 360-degree roadmap .
The roadmap will focus on collaboration in all the sectors from defence to trade to education to energy to climate.
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi during his meeting with the visiting UK Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab has called for an ambitious and outcome-oriented 360-degree roadmap as part of the 10-year plan that dominated the talks. The roadmap will focus on collaboration in all the sectors from defence to trade to education to energy to climate.
The PM stressed an India-UK Partnership in a post-COVID world even as both sides announced a new virtual hub on the COVID vaccine. On his part, the UK Foreign secretary signalled his ambition for a closer UK-India relationship as part of a wider UK focuses on our partnerships in the Indo-Pacific , a statement by UK foreign office said.
UK and India to accelerate collaboration on vaccines to prevent future pandemics English
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16 December 2020 Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab speaks to a Indian vaccine health worker during his visit in New Delhi.
Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab met Prime Minister Narendra Modi today to welcome the UK and India’s collaboration on tackling coronavirus
new virtual UK-India vaccines hub announced to help in shared fight against coronavirus
the Foreign Secretary praised Prime Minister Modi’s commitment to equitable global access to vaccines
Experts from India and the UK will join forces through a new virtual hub to deliver vaccines for coronavirus and other deadly viruses, the UK Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab announced in India today (Wednesday 16 December).