UK’s Johnson meets PM in Delhi, says India-UK ties ‘have never been as strong’

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Boris Johnson visit day 2: PM Modi recieves the UK PM at Rashtrapati Bhavan in Delhi. (photo tweeted by MEA) (Twitter)

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday morning received the United Kingdom’s Boris Johnson at the Rashtrapati Bhavan in Delhi as the British PM kicked off the second day of his India visit. Johnson thanked India for the warm welcome in a brief address. “Thank you for the fantastic welcome…I don’t think things have ever been as strong or as good between us (India-UK) as they are now,” he said.

Visuals shared by news agency ANI showed PM Modi receiving his UK counterpart. Foreign minister S Jaishankar was also in attendance.

Johnson was in PM Modi’s home state of Gujarat on day 1 and became the first British prime minister to visit Mahatma Gandhi’s iconic Sabarmati Ashram. In a tweet, ahead of the start of the second day, the 57-year-old world leader wrote: “Looking forward to meeting with my friend @NarendraModi today in New Delhi. From climate change to energy security to defence, the partnership of our democracies is vital as the world faces growing threats from autocratic states. (sic)”.

The Ukraine war is expected to come up for a discussion between the two leaders later on Friday.

Johnson had recently gone to Ukraine and met the country’s president Volodymyr Zelensky in the capital city of Kyiv. The UK has been repeatedly calling on Russia to end the violence. HINDUSTAN TIMES


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