Ahmedabad: British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has reached India on a two-day visit. He landed at Ahmedabad airport on Thursday morning at 08:30. Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Bhai Patel welcomed the British Prime Minister at the airport. He will reach Hotel Hyatt at 08:25, will go to Sabarmati River Front at 10:00, and will meet industrialist Gautam Adani at 10:50. He will visit the JCB plant in Halol at around 12:15 am. After this, at 02:30, he will visit the GIFT City of Gujarat University. He will go to Akshardham temple at 04:00 pm.
This is the first time that a British Prime Minister is visiting Gujarat, India’s 5th largest state and home to almost half of the British-Indian population in the UK. Let us tell you that a large population of Gujaratis lives in Britain. On Friday, Boris Johnson will attend a ceremonial reception at Rashtrapati Bhavan in New Delhi and later pay floral tributes at the Raj Ghat, the mausoleum of Mahatma Gandhi. The Prime Minister of the UK will meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi on April 22, where leaders will hold in-depth talks on the UK and India’s strategic defense, diplomatic and economic partnership, aimed at fostering closer partnerships and furthering security cooperation in the Indo-Pacific. is to increase.
The Prime Minister of Britain will also hold talks with the Indian Foreign Minister (EAM) S Jaishankar. On April 22, at around 1 pm, both sides will hold a press briefing at Hyderabad House. During this high-level visit, Boris Johnson will also hold talks on the Free Trade Agreement (FTA) launched earlier this year. Last year, Britain and India agreed on a comprehensive strategic partnership. Under this agreement, Britain had announced an investment of more than 530 million pounds in India. In addition, the two countries had expressed commitment to a deeper bilateral relationship in the fields of trade, health, climate, defense, and security.
Addressing the House of Commons for his weekly Prime Minister’s Questions (PMQ), Boris Johnson said his visit to India will deepen strategic ties and strengthen the long-standing partnership between the two countries. Boris Johnson said in the British Parliament, ‘I am visiting India to further deepen the strategic and defense trade, people-to-people ties between the two countries.’ Can announce big investments in projects related to health and technology. Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his British counterpart Boris Johnson last met in November 2021 at the Glasgow Climate Summit.
