Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday morning received the United Kingdom’s Boris Johnson at the Rashtrapati Bhavan in Delhi as the UK PM kicked off the second day of his India visit. Johnson thanked India for the warm welcome in a brief address. “Thank you for the fantastic welcome…I don’t think things have ever been as strong or as good between us (India-UK) as they are now,” he said.
Visuals shared by news agency ANI showed PM Modi receiving his UK counterpart. Foreign minister S Jaishankar was also in attendance.
Johnson was in PM Modi’s home state of Gujarat on day 1 and became the first British prime minister to visit Mahatma Gandhi’s iconic Sabarmati Ashram. In a tweet, ahead of the start of the second day, the 57-year-old world leader wrote: “Looking forward to meeting with my friend @NarendraModi today in New Delhi. From climate change to energy security to defence, the partnership of our democracies is vital as the world faces growing threats from autocratic states. (sic)”.
Hours after kicking off the India visit, confirming a 1 billion pound deal, the UK PM in a late-night tweet on Thursday shared the experience of being in Gujarat: “It’s been a real pleasure to be in Gujarat today to see the fruits of the incredible partnership between the UK and our friends in India. Today we have confirmed more than £1 billion in new investments between our two great countries, creating almost 11,000 new jobs in the UK.”
