UK Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab and External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Thursday (local time) discussed the ways to boost trade, create jobs and reinforce maritime and cyber security cooperation through 2030 UK-India Roadmap.
After a meeting with Jaishankar, Raab tweeted: “Great to meet virtually with @DrSJaishankar and discuss how 2030 UK-India Roadmap will boost trade, create jobs and reinforce maritime & cyber security cooperation. As @BorisJohnson and @narendramodi set out this week, we are strengthening the friendship between UK-India.” Meanwhile, Jaishankar said in a tweet: “Just concluded the bilateral Foreign Ministers’ Meeting with British counterpart @DominicRaab. Focussed on our responsibility for implementing the 2030 Roadmap. Confident that we will see early progress on many fronts.”
Great to meet virtually with @DrSJaishankar and discuss how 2030 UK-India Roadmap will boost trade, create jobs & reinforce maritime & cyber security cooperation. As @BorisJohnson & @narendramodi set out this week, we are strengthening the friendship between 🇬🇧🇮🇳 pic.twitter.com/UCylIQdYuK
— Dominic Raab (@DominicRaab) May 6, 2021
In a subsequent tweet, Jaishankar wrote, “Also explored our strategic convergences across regions. Discussed the Indo-Pacific, global health challenges and UN cooperation in some detail.”
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Also explored our strategic convergences across regions. Discussed the Indo-Pacific, global health challenges and UN cooperation in some detail.
— Dr. S. Jaishankar (@DrSJaishankar) May 6, 2021
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and Prime Minister Narendra Modi held a virtual summit on Tuesday and agreed on ambitious plans for the next decade of the UK-India relationship.
India and UK agreed on a ‘2030 Roadmap’ which will provide a framework for bilateral relations across health, climate, trade, education, science and technology, and defence. In addition to commitments on the Indo-Pacific, India and the UK agreed to build on existing government-to-government collaboration on India’s future combat air engine requirement. (ANI)