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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UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has invited Prime Minister Narendra Modi to join the UK-hosted G-7 summit next year, said UK Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab. I m pleased that Prime Minister Boris Johnson has invited Prime Minister Modi to join the UK-hosted G7 summit next year. UK Prime Minister Johnson has also accepted the very generous invitation to attend India s Republic Day celebrations in January, which is a great honour, he said.
PM Johnson will attend India s annual Republic Day parade in New Delhi.
Raab expressed huge admiration for India adding that it has now become a huge presence on the global stage .
Boris Johnson invites PM Modi to UK-led G-7 Summit ANI | Updated: Dec 15, 2020 15:30 IST
New Delhi [India], December 15 (ANI): UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has invited Prime Minister Narendra Modi to join the UK-hosted G-7 summit next year, said UK Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab. I m pleased that Prime Minister Boris Johnson has invited Prime Minister Modi to join the UK-hosted G7 summit next year. UK Prime Minister Johnson has also accepted the very generous invitation to attend India s Republic Day celebrations in January, which is a great honour, he said.
PM Johnson will attend India s annual Republic Day parade in New Delhi.
Jaishankar, Raab discuss ways to take India-UK ties at higher level ANI | Updated: Dec 15, 2020 14:36 IST
New Delhi [India], December 15 (ANI): External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Tuesday said he and UK Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab had a four-hour-long discussion on a wide range of issues including on how to take India and UK ties at a higher level.
Speaking at the joint press briefing along with Raab after bilateral and delegation-level talks, Jaishankar said he and Raab believe that the interests of both the countries are better served by working together more effectively. We have had this morning four hours of discussion on a wide range of issues and focus has been on how to take our ties to a higher level. In recent years as you know, there have been very big changes in global politics and we both believe that our interests are better served by working together more effectively, he said.