{"id":498313,"date":"2024-01-11T17:01:57","date_gmt":"2024-01-11T11:31:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/?p=498313"},"modified":"2024-01-11T17:03:07","modified_gmt":"2024-01-11T11:33:07","slug":"rajnath-singh-rishi-sunak","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/india-news\/rajnath-singh-rishi-sunak\/","title":{"rendered":"London: Rajnath Singh meets British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, gifts him a Ram Darbar statue"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Defence Minister Singh had a warm meeting with British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and also interacted with members of the Indian diaspora at a community reception on Thursday. Singh called on Prime Minister Sunak at 10 Downing street here on Wednesday evening for discussions on a wide range of issues across bilateral defence and economic ties.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Singh gifted a Ram Darbar statue to Sunak, Britain\u2019s first Hindu Prime Minister. UK National security advisor (NSA) Sir Tim Barrow also attended the meeting along with Sunak. Rajnath Singh took to X(Formerly Twitter) and wrote had a warm meeting with the UK Prime Minister , Shri Rishi Sunak in London.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Had a very warm meeting with the UK Prime Minister, Shri <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RishiSunak?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@rishisunak<\/a> in London. I had the opportunity to discuss a wide range of issues with him. <br><br>We discussed issues pertaining to defence, economic cooperation and how \ud83c\uddee\ud83c\uddf3 and \ud83c\uddec\ud83c\udde7 could work together for strengthening a peaceful\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/1yk2RWJpbn\">pic.twitter.com\/1yk2RWJpbn<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Rajnath Singh (\u092e\u094b\u0926\u0940 \u0915\u093e \u092a\u0930\u093f\u0935\u093e\u0930) (@rajnathsingh) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/rajnathsingh\/status\/1745276155408597343?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 11, 2024<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>He said he had the opportunity to discuss a wide range of issues with him. Both of them discussed issues related to defence, economic cooperation and how India and UK can work together for strengthening a peaceful and stable global rules-based order.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to reports Sunak agreed with the Defence Minister on the need for the UK and India to work in tandem and expressed hope that the ongoing trade agreement (FTA) negotiations could be brought to a successful conclusion soon. India and UK are currently holding the 14<sup>th<\/sup> round of FTA negotiations with the aim of significantly enhancing the annual GBP 36-billion bilateral partnership.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sunak said to have also underlined his keenness, and that of his government, to strengthen the defence and security pillar of the bilateral relationship, including through government backing for stronger business and technology partnerships with Indian counterpart entities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Singh told Sunak about his positive interations with the UK defence industry and the new positive energy in the bilateral defence relationship during his tour of UK. This has been the first tour of UK in 22 years by an Indian Defence Minister. He also met UK foreign Secretary David Cameron at the Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office and threw light on the momentum and direction of India \u2013 UK Partnership. &nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Singh gifted a Ram Darbar statue to Sunak, Britain\u2019s first Hindu Prime Minister. UK National security advisor (NSA) Sir Tim Barrow also attended the meeting along with Sunak. 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