‘UK-India trade talks to resume’: PM Modi meets British counterpart Keir Starmer on sidelines of G20 Summit

PM Modi besides announced the constitution of 2 caller Consulates General of India successful the UK successful Belfast and Manchester. On the bilateral meeting, Modi’s bureau said, “Both leaders underlined the value of resuming the Free Trade Agreement negotiations astatine an aboriginal day and expressed assurance successful the quality of the negotiating teams, to code the remaining issues to communal satisfaction, starring to a balanced, mutually beneficial and guardant looking Free Trade Agreement.”

PM Modi, astatine the meeting, congratulated Starmer connected his presumption of bureau and the second extended lukewarm wishes to the Indian Prime Minister connected his historical 3rd word successful office, a connection from the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) said.

“Expressing restitution astatine the advancement successful the bilateral relationship, the 2 Prime Ministers reaffirmed their committedness to fortify the India-UK Comprehensive Strategic Partnership with a absorption connected economy, trade, caller and emerging technologies, probe and innovation, greenish concern and people-to-people contacts. They exchanged views connected issues of communal interest, including connected planetary and determination issues of significance,” the Indian PMO added.

Recognising ample opportunities for further engagement betwixt the 2 sides successful the airy of increasing bilateral economical and concern relations, and with a presumption to amended service the consular requirements of the Indian assemblage successful the United Kingdom, the Indian PMO said that Modi announced the constitution of 2 caller Consulates General of India successful the United Kingdom successful Belfast and Manchester. Starmer welcomed the announcement.

“Prime Minister noted the value of addressing the contented of economical offenders from India successful the UK. The 2 leaders besides agreed connected the request to marque advancement connected issues related to migration and mobility,” it said.

“The 2 leaders directed their Ministers and elder officials to enactment towards faster implementation of the assorted understandings that signifier portion of the India-UK Comprehensive Strategic Partnership. They besides looked guardant to much predominant dialog and discussions,” it said.

Downing Street said that “boosting commercialized overseas is indispensable to delivering a beardown system astatine home. The UK is committed to negotiating a commercialized woody with India – 1 of the fastest-growing economies successful the world. The UK volition question a caller strategical concern with India, including a commercialized agreement, arsenic good arsenic deepening practice successful areas similar security, education, technology, and clime change.”