LONDON:
Prime Minister Keir Starmer praised Britain’s “unique bonds” with India as he and his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi formally signed a recently announced UK-India trade deal during talks on Thursday.
Starmer hailed the agreement as a “landmark moment” for both countries as he hosted India’s leader at his Chequers country estate, northwest of London.
“This is not the extent or the limit of our collaboration with India,” added the British premier, whose year-old government is struggling to fire up an economy weakened by years of stagnant growth and high inflation.
“We have unique bonds of history, of family and of culture and we want to strengthen our relationship further, so that it is even more ambitious, modern and focused on the long term,” he said.
