Bonhomie on display as Boris Johnson calls Narendra Modi ‘khas dost’

UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson received the guard of honour on Friday morning at Rashtrapati Bhavan in New Delhi. (Express/Praveen Khanna)

Calling Prime Minister Narendra Modi his “khas dost” (special friend), British Prime Minister Boris Johnson Monday said that India and the United Kingdom are on path to sign a free-trade agreement by Diwali this year. (Express photo by Praveen Khanna)

Boris Johnson said the UK's partnership with India is a "beacon" in "stormy seas" at a time the world is facing growing threats from autocratic states which seek to undermine democracy, choke off fair trade and trample on sovereignty. (Express Photo by Praveen Khanna)

Calling British PM Boris Johnson's visit to India history, PM Narendra Modi said that he had invited the UK to join India's National Hydrogen Mission and that both leaders stressed on the importance of free and open Indo-Pacific region. (Express/Praveen Khanna)

Kicking off his two-day visit to India, UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson had arrived in Ahmedabad on Thursday morning.(Express Photo/Nirmal Harindran)

UK PM Boris Johnson paid tribute to Mahatma Gandhi along with Gujarat CM Bhupendra Patel at Gandhi Ashram, Sabarmati during his visit to Gujarat on Thursday. (Express/Nirmal Harindran)

Johnson visited Mahatma Gandhi's Sabarmati Ashram in Ahmedabad on Thursday morning, where he tried his hand at the 'Charkha'. (Express/Nirmal Harindran)

In a note penned in the visitor's book of the Sabarmati Ashram, Boris Johnson paid tribute to Mahatma Gandhi. He wrote that it was an "immense privilege to come to the Ashram of this extraordinary man". (Express/Nirmal Harindran)

Boris Johnson garlanded a statue of Mahatma Gandhi at the Sabarmati Ashram, in Ahmedabad, Thursday, April 21, 2022. The British Prime Minister also hailed the "people to people ties" between the UK and India and said he wanted to take it further. (PTI Photo)

UK PM Boris Johnson along with CM Bhupendra Patel visited the manufacturing plant of heavy equipment maker - JCB at Halol in Panchmahals district near Vadodara. He also interacted with workers of the company.

UK PM Boris Johnson visited Swaminarayan Akshardham temple, Gandhinagar during his visit to Gujarat. (Express/Nirmal Harindran)

A release from the temple quoted Johnson as saying, “Every time I visit a BAPS temple, I am uplifted and feel a sense of deep spirituality. All of you, by your selfless work, values and goodness, are contributing in an amazing way towards world development.” (Express/Nirmal Harindran)