Jaishankar meets UK foreign Secretary, underlines shared economic ambitions
Earlier, at the bilateral meeting, Jaishankar said that India and the UK are well-positioned to construct a new future-oriented and mutually beneficial partnership on the back of their newly firmed-up comprehensive trade deal and the defence industrial roadmap.
Foreign Minister S Jaishankar with UK Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper in New Delhi. (PTI) External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar called the India-UK partnership as a “forward-looking highway” of “shared economic ambitions and high-technology”, as he met the visiting British Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper on Thursday.
The two ministers, along with Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan, witnessed two education-related outcomes, which included handing over of letter of approval to the University of Liverpool for establishing its campus in Bengaluru, and a MoU between King’s College London and the National Maritime Foundation to establish the Regional Maritime Security Centre for Excellence.
Cooper also met PM Narendra Modi during her day-long trip, and the PM said he “appreciated the deepening of the India-UK partnership in recent times that has unlocked unprecedented growth opportunities for both our countries”. “India-UK Vision 2035 will continue to guide our partnership and strengthen our joint efforts for global good,” Modi said.
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