UK will continue to work closely with India: UK envoy ANI 15 Jun 2021, 00:37 GMT+10 New Delhi [India], June 14 (ANI): United Kingdom will continue to work with India as a joint force on various global issues including in the run-up to the 2021 United Nations Climate Change Conference, also known as COP26, that is slated to be held later this year, acting British High Commissioner to India Jan Thompson said on Monday. British Prime Minister Boris Johnson had earlier conveyed his happiness over the participation of Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the just concluded 47th annual Group of Seven G-7 Summit. Following the end of the G-7 Summit, Thompson said: "We are delighted Prime Minister Modi joined the UK-hosted G-7 Summit virtually, participating in discussions on health, climate and open societies. Together with India, all participants signed the Open Societies Statement that reaffirmed our shared beliefs in democratic values."She said that G-7 leaders during the summit agreed on concrete action to improve global health and ensure the global devastation caused by Covid-19 is never repeated.