Pointers of Modi-Johnson summit: India-UK partnership to excel in several sectors

New Delhi, May 5: Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his British counterpart Boris Johnson on May 3 adopted an ambitious Roadmap 2030 for elevating India-UK ties to a 'Comprehensive Strategic Partnership'.

 

 

 

The two leaders held a virtual summit on Tuesday and exchanged views on regional and global issues of mutual interest, including cooperation in the Indo-Pacific and G7. They reiterated commitment to climate action to achieve the goals of the Paris Agreement and agreed to closely engage in the run up to CoP26 hosted by the UK later this year. A new India-UK 'Global Innovation Partnership' was announced at the virtual summit which aims to support the transfer of inclusive Indian innovations to select developing countries, starting with Africa.

 

 

 

 

India and UK  also launched an 'Enhanced Trade Partnership' (ETP) to unleash the trade potential between the fifth and sixth largest economies of the world and by setting an ambitious target of more than doubling bilateral trade by 2030. According to an official statement, an ambitious 'Roadmap 2030' was adopted at the summit to elevate bilateral ties to a 'Comprehensive Strategic Partnership'. The roadmap will pave the way for a deeper and stronger engagement over the next ten years in the key areas of people to people contacts, trade and economy, defence and security, climate action and health.

 

 

India and the UK launched a comprehensive partnership on migration and mobility that will facilitate greater opportunities for the mobility of students and professionals between the two countries. PM Modi thanked British PM Johnson for the prompt medical assistance provided by the UK in the wake of severe second wave of COVID-19 in India. PM Johnson appreciated India's role in extending assistance to the UK and other countries over the last year, including by way of supply of pharmaceuticals and vaccines.

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