Prime Minister Narendra Modi met with UK Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab on Wednesday. He discussed the India-UK partnership in the post-Covid and post-Brexit world. PM Modi termed the interaction with Raab as "excellent" adding that he looked forward to having Prime Minister Boris Johnson attend the Republic Day ceremony next year as the chief guest.
The Prime Minister wrote on Twitter- "Excellent meeting with @DominicRaab, UK Secretary of State of @FCDOGovUK (Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office). Discussed the vast potential of the India-UK partnership in the post-COVID, post-BREXIT world. Looking forward to next month's visit by PM @BorisJohnson as Chief Guest at our Republic Day celebrations," Raab also met with the Union Minister for Education, Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank.
On Tuesday, Raab met Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change Prakash Javadekar where he said that the UK will be working closely with India to tackle climate change.
"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 the UK grew at a vibrant 11 percent. 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. The External Affairs Ministry said that Raab's visit will pave the way for further strengthening of the partnership across trade, defense, climate, migration and mobility, education, and health sectors in the post-Covid, post-Brexit context.
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