PM Modi dials British PM Boris Johnson, discusses COVID-19 vaccine, Trade & Security

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday held discussion with UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson. discussion was held in context of a romap for ties between two countries for next dece. Issues ranging from COVID-19 to tre & investment, defence & security, to climate change, were discussed between  two leers. PM Modi took to Twitter to apprise nation about his discussion with Johnson.

Thanking PM Modi, British Prime Minister also expressed his pleasure in having a conversation with PM Modi as he said he looked forward to deepening ties with India.

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UK India Business Council (UKIBC) which released its report in October has shown encouraging findings despite severely challenged situation due to Pandemic, global ecomic slowdown and Brexit. UKIBC has experienced increasing interest from companies in both countries.

In July, UK and India h agreed to explore opportunities for expanding and deepening our tre relationship. Enhanced Tre Partnership as first step on a wider romap for a deeper tre partnership. It was stated that Enhanced Tre Partnership could be first step towards a wider romap for a deeper tre partnership, reafter, subject to its progress, re could be furr free tre agreements in future.

According to a UK Government press release on July 24 this year,  UK’s International Tre Minister Ranil Jayawardena also raised ambition to remove barriers for businesses across a range of sectors including food and drink, healthcare and life sciences, IT and data, chemicals and services.

Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal and UK secretary of state for international tre Elizabeth Truss h co-chaired Joint Ecomic and Tre Committee and discussed limited tre agreement to lower tariffs on a small set of goods apart from easing rules for select services to create a build-up for a free tre agreement.

Boris Johnson Hails India's vaccine efforts

Two months back, dressing 75th session of United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), British Prime Minister Boris Johnson credited India's role in manufacture and access to one of most promising Coronavirus vaccine candidates currently undergoing trials. Talking about partnership between UK-based pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca and Serum Institute of India, Johnson emphasised on importance of equitable access to any successful vaccine, ding that  health of every country depends on whole world having access to a safe and effective vaccine, wherever a breakthrough might occur.

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