New Delhi, December 15:
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has accepted India’s “very generous” invite to be the Republic Day chief visitor on the celebrations in New Delhi subsequent month, UK’s Foreign Secretary mentioned at the moment, calling it a “a great honour”. This might be his go to to India since taking workplace final yr.
“I am absolutely delighted to be visiting India next year at the start of an exciting year for Global Britain, and look forward to delivering the quantum leap in our bilateral relationship that Prime Minister (Narendra) Modi and I have pledged to achieve,” Mr Johnson mentioned in a press release.
He is simply the second British chief since India’s independence to attend the Republic Day parade in New Delhi as visitor of honour after John Major in 1993.
Foreign Minister S Jaishankar mentioned the British PM’s presence on the Republic Day celebrations “would be in a way symbolic of a new era, and a new phase of India-UK ties.”
Boris Johnson has additionally invited PM Modi to hitch the G7 summit subsequent yr in Britain, mentioned UK Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab, who reached Delhi this morning for a four-day India go to. He was welcomed by the Foreign Minister. “I’m pleased that PM Boris Johnson has invited PM Modi to join the UK-hosted G7 summit next year. The British PM has also accepted the very generous invitation to attend India’s Republic Day celebrations in January, which is a great honour,” he mentioned this afternoon.
