Starmer to visit India on Oct 8-9; trade, defence relations in focus

UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer will visit India next week to meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi to review bilateral relations and to drive business and economic relations, the external affairs ministry said on Saturday.

- Rezaul H Laskar

Starmer will travel to India during October 8-9 for his first official visit to the country against the backdrop of widespread churn on the global stage due to the policies of the US administration.

The two PMs will meet in Mumbai on October 9 to assess the progress in different aspects of the bilateral comprehensive strategic partnership in line with “Vision 2035”, a focused and time-bound 10-year roadmap of programmes and initiatives.

This roadmap includes key pillars such as trade and investment, defence and security, technology and innovation, climate and energy, health, education and people-to-people relations.