New Delhi [India], May 4 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his British counterpart Boris Johnson on Tuesday adopted an ambitious Roadmap 2030 for elevating India-UK ties to a 'Comprehensive Strategic Partnership'.
INDIA-UK VIRTUAL SUMMIT
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Required fields Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi and The Rt Hon ble Boris Johnson, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom held a Virtual Summit today. India and the UK enjoy long standing friendly ties and share a Strategic Partnership underpinned by mutual commitment to democracy, fundamental freedoms and the rule of law, strong complementarities and growing convergences. An ambitious Roadmap 2030 was adopted at the Summit to elevate bilateral ties to a Comprehensive Strategic Partnership . The Roadmap will pave the way for a deeper and stronger engagement over the next ten years in the key areas of people to people contacts, trade and economy, defence and security, climate action and health.
The UK and India will also look to discuss cooperation on climate, defense, health, and technology besides ramping up bilateral exports and investments.
PM Modi, British PM Johnson adopt Roadmap 2030
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05 May 2021, 01:19 GMT+10
New Delhi [India], May 4 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his British counterpart Boris Johnson on Tuesday adopted an ambitious Roadmap 2030 for elevating India-UK ties to a Comprehensive Strategic Partnership .
The two countries also launched an Enhanced Trade Partnership (ETP) to unleash the trade potential between the fifth and sixth largest economies of the world and by setting an ambitious target of more than doubling bilateral trade by 2030.
The two leaders held a virtual summit on Tuesday and exchanged views on regional and global issues of mutual interest, including cooperation in the Indo-Pacific and G7. They reiterated commitment to climate action to achieve the goals of the Paris Agreement and agreed to closely engage in the run up to CoP26 hosted by the UK later this year.
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