Indo United Kingdom Relations

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New UK Foreign Secretary in Delhi today on first visit, free trade deal in focus

New UK Foreign Secretary arrives in Delhi on 1st visit, free trade deal in focus

UK Foreign Secretary David Lammy has arrived in Delhi for a two-day visit to India. His visit marks the first high-level discussion between the two nations after Keir Starmer's Labour government came to power in the UK general elections.

www.indiatoday.in

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New UK Foreign Secretary in Delhi today on first visit, free trade deal in focus

New UK Foreign Secretary arrives in Delhi on 1st visit, free trade deal in focus

UK Foreign Secretary David Lammy has arrived in Delhi for a two-day visit to India. His visit marks the first high-level discussion between the two nations after Keir Starmer's Labour government came to power in the UK general elections.

www.indiatoday.in

View: https://youtu.be/1GDlbTZudbk?si=dCiNj280ZtLFBsBA

Labour Party Manifesto.
How this will translate into policy, we will have to wait and see.



https://labour.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Change-Labour-Party-Manifesto-2024-large-print.pdf

interestingly, priyanka chaturvedi was also there in that panel at MSC, she handled it well.
the british guy david lammy is the current foreign secretary of UK.


View: https://youtu.be/R8uJLp8oT5o?t=2524

 

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this is surprising considering the cold shoulder treatment GoI was getting from previous UK govt.
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UK Foreign Secretary had bilateral meetings with the Prime Minister, Minister of External Affairs and National Security Advisor of India, in New Delhi. Both sides welcomed the launch of the UK-India Technology Security Initiative (TSI), spearheaded and agreed upon by the National Security Advisors (NSAs) of both countries to expand collaboration in Critical and Emerging Technologies (CET) across priority sectors including Telecoms, Critical Minerals, Semiconductors, Artificial Intelligence, Quantum, Biotech and Advanced Materials.

The collaboration under TSI will include Government, Private Sector, Academia and R&D institutions. TSI builds upon the 2030 road map between the two countries and is a crucial step to strengthen the collaboration in Science and Technology domain.

TSI would be helpful for improving supply chain resilience and also for developing economically feasible and environmentally sustainable extraction technologies for identified critical minerals. The TSI framework will boost research, trade and investment flows between the UK and India in the domains of Semiconductors, Artificial Intelligence, Quantum, etc. The fields of genomics, precision medicine, cell and gene therapy, biotherapeutics, bio-manufacturing, bio-electronics, etc. will get an impetus. UK and India will collaborate in the field of next-generation telecommunication technologies and telecom providers, Start-ups and businesses will explore commercial opportunities in telecoms infrastructure.

https://x.com/ANI/status/1816160326683107424

Foreign Secretary meets Indian Prime Minister Modi and launches landmark Technology Security Initiative​

Foreign Secretary meets Indian Prime Minister Modi and launches landmark Technology Security Initiative

Foreign Secretary announces UK-India Technology Security Initiative in New Delhi

www.gov.uk

 

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David Lammy aims to reset UK-India ties with early trip

The foreign secretary wants to boost relations amid instability among American and European allies.

www.bbc.com

Looks like someone has some self awareness.

India can be tricky territory for Labour.

Foreign Secretary Robin Cook caused a storm by offering to mediate between India and Pakistan over Kashmir.

And the party led by Jeremy Corbyn angered even more here when it passed a motion calling for international intervention in the disputed region.

So it must have been with some trepidation that David Lammy arrived in a warm and damp New Delhi on Wednesday morning, a newly-minted foreign secretary stepping away for the first time from the more familiar turf of Europe and the United States.

His trip oozed caution. The announcements were uncontroversial; both countries agreed a new tech security partnership.

It looks like somebody did some bean counting .

His trip oozed caution. The announcements were uncontroversial; both countries agreed a new tech security partnership.

Yet the nature of the trip was less important than the sheer fact of it.
This was a British foreign secretary in a new government, making a point of visiting India in his third week in office.

India’s economy is on course to become the world’s third largest by the end of the decade. Yet it is only the UK's 12th largest trading partner.

“There is so much we can do with this global superpower,” Mr Lammy told me.

More self awareness

And that, Mr Lammy says, involves less lecturing by Britain and more listening.

Too early to tell but this is definitely different from what I was expecting from a labour govt.

 

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David Lammy aims to reset UK-India ties with early trip

The foreign secretary wants to boost relations amid instability among American and European allies.

www.bbc.com

Looks like someone has some self awareness.



It looks like somebody did some bean counting .

More self awareness


Too early to tell but this is definitely different from what I was expecting from a labour govt.

and BBC couldn't resist displaying their insecurity.

from the article.

Mr Lammy held talks with his Indian counterpart Subrahmanyam Jaishankar.

Mr. for their fellow, and no title for our fellow since our fellow is a Dr.

 

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‘1984 Sikh genocide’ motion dropped in UK council, fury follows

‘1984 Sikh genocide’ motion dropped in UK council, fury follows - Times of India

UK News: Last week, protests erupted in Slough borough council after a motion to recognize the 1984 Sikh genocide was withdrawn. The decision followed a petiti

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‘1984 Sikh genocide’ motion dropped in UK council, fury follows

‘1984 Sikh genocide’ motion dropped in UK council, fury follows - Times of India

UK News: Last week, protests erupted in Slough borough council after a motion to recognize the 1984 Sikh genocide was withdrawn. The decision followed a petiti

timesofindia.indiatimes.com

View: https://x.com/jindisinghka/status/1816897607287079333

The UK Hindus need to proceed ahead with a motion calling the founders of Khalistan as mass murderers and genocide enablers in response to the Sikh motion.