Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday spoke with the newly elected UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer. Both leaders reaffirmed their commitment to deepen the India-UK Comprehensive Strategic Partnership.
PM Modi congratulated his British counterpart for getting elected as the next prime minister of the United Kingdom.
Labour Party’s Keir Starmer created history on Friday by winning a landslide majority in the UK General Elections, breaking the 14-year-long rule of the Conservative Party.
What did Modi & Starmer discuss?
PM Modi invited Starmer to visit India during his conversation with him.
Both leaders recalled the historic relations between the two countries and reaffirmed their commitment to further deepen and advance the Comprehensive Strategic Partnership between India and the UK. The two leaders agreed to work towards an early conclusion of a mutually beneficial India-UK Free Trade Agreement.
The landslide majority of the new Prime Minister has paved the way for a fresh chapter in the country’s relations with India as the Labour Party takes charge of steering the stalled Free Trade Agreement negotiations that got stalled with the outgoing Rishi Sunak-led administration.
The India-UK FTA talks began in January 2022 but were stalled in the 14th round as both countries stepped into their general election cycles this year. India saw the new government in the first week and on Friday, it was the UK’s.
With inputs from PTI
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PM Modi speaks to UK’s new Prime Minister Keir Starmer, invites him to India
