UK, India committed to building strong defence-security partnership: Raab ANI | Updated: Dec 15, 2020 15:30 IST
New Delhi [India], December 15 (ANI): United Kingdom Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab on Tuesday said that the UK and India are committed to building a stronger defence partnership between the two countries which would help to tackle shared issues like terrorism, maritime security and privacy. We want to deepen our economic partnership we already have a strong trade relationship. In the year before the pandemic hit, bilateral trade between India and UK grew at a vibrant 11 per cent. Now what we want to do is to take that to another level working towards a green and enhanced trade partnership, Raab said at a joint statement following the India-UK ministerial dialogue.
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15 December 2020 (Transcript of the speech, exactly as it was delivered)
Good afternoon, thank you all for joining us and thank you Minister Jaishankar for your very warm welcome here in Delhi.
Can I just start by saying what huge admiration I have for this country. You are the world’s largest democracy. The country with one of the highest number of scientists and engineers, a leader in tech, a leader in solar and wind energy, and a huge presence on the global stage.
So it’s a great pleasure to be here with Dr Jaishankar and to discuss our shared plans for an even closer future relationship.
NEW DELHI: United Kingdom foreign secretary Dominic Raab on Tuesday said that the UK and India are committed to building a stronger defence partnership between the two countries which would help to tackle shared issues like terrorism, maritime security and privacy. We want to deepen our economic partnership we already have a strong trade relationship. In the year before the pandemic hit, bilateral trade between India and UK grew at a vibrant 11 per cent. Now what we want to do is to take that to another level working towards a green and enhanced trade partnership, Raab said at a joint statement following the India-UK ministerial dialogue.
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