On the morning of Wednesday UK Foreign Secretary David Lammy arrived in the national capital in the first high-level visit by the newly-elected Labour government in the UK.
Lammy is on a two-day tour to highlight the importance of a new partnership between the UK and India that focuses on economic, domestic and global security.
In his first visit to India, Lammy will hold meetings with external affairs minister Jaishankar and commerce minister Piyush Goyal. He will also meet climate and business leaders to unlock the full potential of the UK-India partnership, per the statement from the British High Commission.
The statement from the British High Commission also states that Lammy will push for a reset of the UK-India partnership, including by reinforcing the UK’s commitment to securing a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) for greater growth in both countries.
Earlier, during his campaign, Lammy had said, “India is the emerging superpower of the 21st century, the largest country in the world with 1.4 billion people and one of the fastest growing economies in the world. Our Free Trade Agreement negotiations is the floor, not the ceiling, of our ambitions to unlock our shared potential and deliver growth, from Bengaluru to Birmingham.”
He said that the UK and India have shared interests on the green transition, new technologies, economic security and global security.
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