"Agreed To Take Ties To New Heights": PM Modi Congratulates New UK PM
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi held a phone conversation with new UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham to discuss strengthening bilateral ties. Both leaders committed to enhancing cooperation in trade, technology, and defense under the India-UK Comprehensive Strategic Partnership.
Why it matters
The strengthening of India-UK relations is a significant development for international trade and geopolitical alignment between the two nations.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his British counterpart Andy Burnham on Friday vowed to take the India-UK comprehensive strategic partnership to "new heights" and fully harness the trade and investment opportunities presented by the recently-operationalised bilateral trade deal.PM Modi and Andy Burnham discussed key aspects of the two-way ties during a phone conversation.In a social media post, PM Modi said he congratulated Andy Burnham on assuming the charge of the top office and conveyed his best wishes for a successful tenure."We agreed to work together across sectors such as technology, innovation, defence, security, clean energy, education and people-to-people ties and take the India-UK Comprehensive Strategic Partnership to new heights," he said.Delighted to speak with Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Andy Burnham.
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