British PM Boris Johnson India Visit Highlights: Visiting British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Thursday termed Mahatma Gandhi an extraordinary man who mobilized the principles of truth and non-violence to change the world for better.
Johnson became the first prime minister of the UK to visit the Sabarmati Ashram, the place from where Gandhi led India's struggle for freedom from the British colonial rule for more than a decade.
UK PM Boris Johnson arrived earlier today in Ahmedabad, Gujarat for his two-day visit to India. This is Johnson's first major trip to India as Prime Minister after his previous visits were postponed due to COVID-19.
The British Prime Minister said on Wednesday that his long-delayed visit to India will deepen the strategic trade, defence and people-to-people ties between the two countries.
Johnson's has stressed that the UK would not look to "lecture" India over its neutral stance in the United Nations or its decision to hike Russian oil imports. The UK has been trying to persuade India to reduce its reliance on Moscow since Russia invaded Ukraine on February 24.
Addressing the House of Commons for his weekly Prime Minister's Questions (PMQs), Johnson said the trip to Ahmedabad and New Delhi will build on India being invited as a guest country for the G7 Summit hosted by the UK in Cornwall in June last year.
"I will be travelling to India to deepen the strategic trade, defence and people- to-people ties between our two countries, building on India's involvement in the Carbis Bay G7 summit," Johnson told members of Parliament.
"I will be seeing Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Delhi, meeting Indian business people investing in the UK and visiting British investments in India, he said. Prime Minister Modi had addressed the G7 summit at Carbis Bay virtually as his travel plans were impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic.
The two leaders met in person later in the year, when Modi travelled to Glasgow for the COP26 climate summit in November. It is expected that the Russia-Ukraine conflict will feature prominently during the bilateral talks between the leaders when Johnson is in New Delhi on Friday.
Meanwhile, with the third round of free trade agreement (FTA) negotiations scheduled in Delhi for next week, Johnson's visit is also expected to push forward trade talks towards an end of the year agreement timeline. Unlike previous prime ministerial visits, Johnson is not accompanied by a business delegation from the UK.
The visit coincides with a crucial vote in the House of Commons on Thursday, when MPs will decide if Johnson should be referred to the Committee of Privileges over whether he knowingly misled Parliament over the partygate scandal involving lockdown-breaching parties at Downing Street.
Boris Johnson India Visit Live Updates | Have already raised Ukraine war issue with PM Modi: British PM
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Thursday said his country has already raised the Ukraine war issue with Prime Minister Narendra Modi at a diplomatic level, and added that everybody understands that India and Russia shared "very different relationships historically". Johnson's visit to India comes at a time when India has taken a neutral stand on the Russian invasion of Ukraine, and amid the criticism by western countries, especially the US, that India was not taking a clear stance against Russia.
"Well, we have already raised the issue of Ukraine with Prime Minister Narendra Modi diplomatically. Actually, they (India) were very strong in condemnation of atrocities in Bucha (city in Ukraine)," Johnson told reporters in Halol in Panchmahals district of Gujarat, where he opened a new JCB factory as part his two-day visit to India.
Boris Johnson India Visit Live Updates | Boris Johnson favours more skilled visas for Indians
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has expressed his support for more skilled visas for Indians as part of the efforts to expedite the ambitious free trade agreement (FTA) being negotiated between the two countries.
Boris Johnson India Visit Live Updates: UK is making an Indo-Pacific tilt in our integrated review: UK PM Johnson
''We're hoping to complete another free trade agreement with India by the end of the year, by the autumn.There's also the opportunity for us to deepen our security and defence partnership. As you know, the UK is making an Indo-Pacific tilt in our integrated review of our national defence and security strategy,'' said British PM Boris Johnson today in Gujarat, according to ANI.
Boris Johnson India Visit Live Updates: UK PM Boris Johnson attends program at Gandhinagar GIFT City
Gujarat | UK PM Boris Johnson and Gujarat CM Bhupendra Patel attend a program at Gujarat Biotechnology University in Gandhinagar GIFT City, reports ANI.
Boris Johnson India Visit Live Updates: UK PM Boris Johnson visits JCB factory at Halol GIDC in Gujarat
UK PM Boris Johnson along with Gujarat CM Bhupendra Patel visits JCB factory at Halol GIDC, Panchmahal in Gujarat, reports ANI
Boris Johnson India Visit Live Updates: 'Will work with UK companies to co-create defence, aerospace tech': Gautam Adani on UK PM visit
Ace industrialist Gautam Adani shared on Twitter that he is honoured to host Boris Johnson- the first UK PM to visit Gujarat, at the Adani headquarters. ''Delighted to support climate & sustainability agenda with focus on renewables, green H2 and new energy. Will also work with UK companies to co-create defence & aerospace technologies,'' Adani shared on Twitter. The two leaders discussed, among other things, key sectors such as energy transition, climate action, aerospace and defence collaboration. With India set to invest $300 billion by 2030 to modernize its armed forces, sources said collaboration in the defence sector was one of the key focus areas of the meeting between Adani and Johnson.
Boris Johnson India Visit Live Updates: UK hopes to clinch Indian free trade deal by year-end: UK PM Johnson
Britain hopes to complete a free trade deal with India by the end of this year, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Thursday as he emphasised the need to reduce reliance on foreign oil and gas due to the conflict in Ukraine. "We’re hoping to complete another free trade agreement with India by theend of the year, by the autumn," Boris Johnson told reporters in India’s western state of Gujarat during the start of his two-day visit to the country.India abstained in a UN vote condemning Russia over its invasion of Ukraine, causing concern among major western countries. But Johnson’s office had said before his visit that he would not lecture Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the matter. Moscow has called the war a "special operation." Read More
Boris Johnson India Visit Live Updates: Collaboration in defence sector, aerospace key focus area of UK PM-Gautam Adani meeting
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, who is on a two-day India visit, on Thursday held a meeting with industrialist Gautam Adani Sources said the two discussed, among other things, key sectors such as energy transition, climate action, aerospace and defence collaboration. With India set to invest $300 billion by 2030 to modernize its armed forces, sources said collaboration in the defence sector was one of the key focus areas of the meeting between Adani and Johnson. Discussions revolved around how Adani Group and British companies can collaborate to co-design and develop aerospace and defence technologies as part of the Atmanirbhar Bharat initiative, sources said. Read More
Boris Johnson India Visit Live Updates: UK PM met industrialist Gautam Adani at Adani group's headquarters
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, who is on a two-day India visit, on Thursday held a meeting with industrialist Gautam Adani here. The meeting took place at the Adani Group's global headquarters at Shantigram on the outskirts of Ahmedabad city."Honoured to host @BorisJohnson, the first UK PM to visit Gujarat, at Adani HQ. Delighted to support climate & sustainability agenda with focus on renewables, green H2 & new energy. Will also work with UK companies to co-create defence & aerospace technologies. #AtmanirbharBharat," Adani tweeted afterwards.Sources said the two discussed, among other things, key sectors such as energy transition, climate action, aerospace and defence collaboration. Read More
Boris Johnson India Visit Live Updates: Honoured to follow in footsteps of millions in visiting Gandhi Ashram, says UK PM
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson paid floral tributes to Mahatma Gandhi during his visit to the Sabarmati Ashram today. He laid a wreath at the famous Gandhi statue. Johnson shared on Twitter that he is honoured to follow in footsteps of millions in visiting Gandhi Ashram.
Boris Johnson India Visit Live Updates: 'Gandhi's teachings remind us of power of peace in changing history,': Boris Johnson
UK PM Boris Johnson shared on Twitter that he was honoured to follow in the footsteps of millions in visiting the Gandhi Ashram in Ahmedabad today. As the world faces renewed conflict, Mahatma Gandhi’s teachings remind us of the power of peace in changing the course of history. He termed Mahatma Gandhi an extraordinary man who mobilized the principles of truth and non-violence to change the world for better.
Boris Johnson India Visit Live Updates: Boris Johnson becomes first UK PM to visit Ahmedabad's Sabarmati Ashram
Visiting British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Thursday termed Mahatma Gandhi an extraordinary man who mobilized the principles of truth and non-violence to change the world for better. Johnson became the first prime minister of the UK to visit the Sabarmati Ashram here, the place from where Gandhi led India's struggle for freedom from the British colonial rule for more than a decade.In fact, the Tory politician is also the first British prime minister to visit Gujarat post 1947. It is an immense privilege to come to the ashram of this extraordinary man, and to understand how he mobilized such simple principles of truth and non-violence to change the world for better, Johnson wrote in the visitors' book at the Gandhi ashram.
Boris Johnson India Visit Live Updates: Boris Johnson faces calls to apologise for Pal-Dadhvav in India. Colonial-era massacre explained
During his two-day visit to India, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has been faceing calls to apologise for Pal-Dadhvav -- a colonial-era massacre -- 100 years after about 1,200 people were killed for protesting against imperial rule. The incident had happened in Gujarat and also happens to be where Johnson landed on Thursday. According to Indian historians, the Pal-Dadhvav massacre took place on March 7, 1922, in the Pal-Chitariya and Dadhvaav villages of Sabarkantha district in Gujarat. Around 2,000 tribal people had gathered -- led by social reformer Motilal Tejawat -- to protest against the land revenue tax imposed on the peasants by the British. The Gujarat government stated that British Major HG Sutton ordered his troops to open fire at the protestors. "Like a battlefield, the entire area was filled with corpses," it said. Two wells, it added, were "overflowing with bodies," the government stated in a release as it observed 100 years of the incident on March 7, 2022. The government had also called it a massacre “bigger than the Jallianwala Bagh”. In fact, the state's official float at this year's annual Republic Day parade depicted the killings as the "untold story of bravery and sacrifice of the tribals," it said in a statement that put the death toll at 1,200. Read More
Boris Johnson India Visit Live Updates: UK PM Boris Johnson meets Gautam Adani, Chairman of Adani Group
On his first day of his two-day visit to India, UK PM Boris Johnson today met the Chairman of Adani Group, Gautam Adani, in Ahmedabad, reports ANI. The British PM visited the Sabarmati Ashram earlier today, accompanied by Gujarat CM Bhupendra Patel.
Boris Johnson India Visit LIVE Updates: In Pictures| UK PM in Ahmedabad today on his first day of India visit
Johnson hopes to strike new economic deals between Britain and its huge former colony, and to coax India away from Russia in response to the invasion of Ukraine. The British PM was welcomed by Ashram trustee Amrut Modi during his visit to Gandhi Ashram on April 21. See all pictures here
Boris Johnson India Visit LIVE Updates: UK PM Boris Johnson presented with replica of ''charkha'', Gujarat CM tweets picture
On behalf of the Sabarmati Ashram Preservation and Memorial Trust, Sarabhai gifted two books and a replica of charkha or spinning wheel to Johnson, who spent nearly 30 minutes on the premises. He also paid floral tributes to Mahatma Gandhi, laying a wreath at the Gandhi statue. The British PM also tried his hand at the charkha before leaving. Johnson is scheduled to meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Delhi on Friday.
Boris Johnson India Visit LIVE Updates: Boris Johnson gets Mahatma Gandhi's book on how to live in London
The Sabarmati Ashram trust gifted two books to UK PM Boris Johnson, one of them an unpublished guide for the benefit of those seeking to live in London, penned by Mahatma Gandhi himself. Gandhi had lived at the ashram from 1917 to 1930.After paying floral tributes to Gandhi, Johnson also visited 'Hriday Kunj' where the Mahatma lived, and 'Mira Kutir' where Gandhi's English-born disciple Mirabehn or Madeleine Slade used to live. Read More
Boris Johnson India Visit Live Updates: ''Our powerhouse partnership'', says UK PM on India-UK strategic ties
It said the UK and Indian businesses will confirm more than 1 billion pounds (1 GBP= Rs 99.63) in new investments and export deals on Tuesday in areas ranging from software engineering to health, creating almost 11,000 jobs across the UK. ''Our powerhouse partnership is delivering jobs, growth and opportunity. I look forward to strengthening this partnership in the coming days,'' Boris Johnson shared on Twitter.
Boris Johnson India Visit LIVE Updates: ''Our powerhouse partnership'': Fantastic to be in India, see vast possibilities, says UK PM
After landing in India for this two-day visit, Boris Johnson shared on twitter that ''it’s fantastic to be in India, the world’s largest democracy. I see vast possibilities for what our great nations can achieve together. Our powerhouse partnership is delivering jobs, growth and opportunity. I look forward to strengthening this partnership in the coming days,''
Boris Johnson India Visit LIVE Updates: UK PM Boris Johnson tries ''charkha'' at Sabarmati Ashram, Gujarat CM tweets picture
After arriving at the Ahmedabad airport on Thursday morning, UK PM Boris Johnson reached Sabarmati Ashram where he was welcomed by Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel and trustee Kartikeya Sarabhai, said the Ashram's spokesperson Virat Kothari.Gandhi had lived at the ashram from 1917 to 1930.Gandhi had lived at the ashram from 1917 to 1930.The British PM also tried his hand at the charkha before leaving.
Boris Johnson India Visit Live Updates: Boris Johnson to meet PM Modi, hold meeting with business leaders tomorrow
In New Delhi on Friday, the UK Prime Minister is scheduled for a ceremonial day of greetings and meetings with Modi and business leaders. Unlike previous prime ministerial visits, he is not accompanied by a business delegation from the UK. The visit coincides with a crucial vote in the House of Commons on Thursday, when MPs will decide if Johnson should be referred to the Committee of Privileges over whether he knowingly misled Parliament over the partygate scandal involving lockdown-breaching parties at Downing Street.
Boris Johnson India Visit LIVE Updates: UK PM Boris Johnson laid a wreath at Mahatma Gandhi's statue, Gujarat CM tweets picture
Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel shared pictures on twitter of UK PM Boris Johnson's visit to the Sabarmati Ashram in Ahmedabad today, The British Prime Minister was seen laying a wreath over Mahatma Gandhi's famous statue at the Ashram.
Boris Johnson India Visit LIVE Updates: Boris Johnson laid a wreath at Mahatma Gandhi's statue during Sabarmati Ashram visit
UK PM Boris Johnson laid a wreath at Mahatma Gandhi's statue during his visit to the Sabarmati Ashram in Ahmedabad with Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel. The British PM also left a message at the Ashram: ''it is an immense privilege to come to the Ashram of this extraordinary man, and to understand how he mobilised such simple principles of truth and non-violence to change the world for the better"
Boris Johnson India Visit LIVE Updates: UK PM's visit to deepen India-UK strategic, trade, and defence ties
Addressing the House of Commons for his weekly Prime Minister's Questions (PMQs), Johnson said the trip to Ahmedabad and New Delhi will build on India being invited as a guest country for the G7 Summit hosted by the UK in Cornwall in June last year. "I will be travelling to India to deepen the strategic trade, defence and people- to-people ties between our two countries, building on India's involvement in the Carbis Bay G7 summit," Johnson told members of Parliament.
Boris Johnson India Visit LIVE Updates: UK PM Boris Johnson with Gujarat CM Bhupendra Patel at Sabarmati Ashram
After a grand welcome at the airport, UK PM Boris Johnson visited the Sabarmati Ashram with Gujarat CM Bhupendra Patel. This is Johnson's first major trip to India as Prime Minister after his previous visits were postponed due to COVID-19.
Boris Johnson India Visit LIVE Updates: Boris Johnson to not lecture on Russia-Ukraine war during India visit
The Russia-Ukraine war is likely to figure in PM Johnson’s engagements during his visit. The visit is expected to give a fresh push to the proposed free trade agreement and boost cooperation in the Indo-Pacific.Boris Johnson will hold talks with Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi on April 22. Both the leaders will discuss economic, security and defence collaborations. A major focus of Johnson's talks with Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be on the situation in the Indo-Pacific as the UK is strongly opposed to any kind of coercion in the region.Read More
Boris Johnson India Visit LIVE Updates: UK PM Boris Johnson leaves message at Sabarmati Ashram
''...mobilised such simple principles of truth and non-violence to change the world for the better": UK PM Boris Johnson’s message at Gandhi Ashram in Ahmedabad
Boris Johnson India Visit LIVE Updates: ''Immense privilege to come to the Ashram of this extraordinary man'': UK PM
“It is an immense privilege to come to the Ashram of this extraordinary man, and to understand how he mobilised such simple principles of truth and non-violence to change the world for the better": UK PM Boris Johnson’s message at Gandhi Ashram, Ahmedabad, reports ANI.
Boris Johnson India Visit LIVE Updates: UK Boris Johnson visits Sabarmati Ashram in Ahmedabad
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Boris Johnson visits Sabarmati Ashram in Ahmedabad, Gujarat. Gujarat CM Bhupendra Patel also present with him, reports ANI.
Boris Johnson India Visit LIVE Updates: Mahatma Gandhi's 'Guide to London' to be gifted to UK PM Boris Johnson
'Guide to London', one of the first few books written by Mahatma Gandhi which never got published will also be gifted to UK PM Boris Johnson by Sabarmati, reports ANI.
Boris Johnson India Visit LIVE Updates: 'The Spirit's Pilgrimage' - Madeleine Slade or Mirabehn's autobiography
Madeleine Slade or Mirabehn was the daughter of the British Rear-Admiral Sir Edmond Slade. Madeleine Slade became Mahatma Gandhi's disciple. Her autobiography is being gifted to UK PM Boris Johnson by Sabarmati Ashram
Boris Johnson India Visit LIVE Updates: Autobiography of Mirabehn to be gifted to UK PM Boris Johnson by Sabarmati Ashram
'The Spirit's Pilgrimage', the autobiography of Madeleine Slade or Mirabehn who became the Mahatma Gandhi's disciple will be gifted to UK PM Boris Johnson by Sabarmati Ashram, reports ANI.
Boris Johnson India Visit LIVE Updates: British PM Boris Johnson, given grand welcome in Ahmedabad
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson arrived in Ahmedabad on Thursday morning to start his India visit, and was accorded a grand welcome along the four-km route from the airport to a hotel in the city. Johnson was received at the Ahmedabad airport by Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel and Governor Acharya Devvrat. Senior state officials and ministers were also present to receive him. The British prime minister was greeted by troupes performing traditional Gujarati dances and music at the airport and along the road as his convoy headed for the hotel. The `roadshow' started outside the airport and passed through Ashram Road via Dafnala and Riverfront. As many as 40 platforms were erected at regular intervals on the four-km stretch from the Airport Circle to the five-star hotel on Ashram Road where again troupes performed traditional Indian dances to welcome Johnson. Read More
Boris Johnson India Visit LIVE: UK PM Boris Johnson to announce raft of commercial pacts
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will announce a raft of commercial agreements and hail a "new era" in bilateral trade and investment ties during his visit to India, the UK High Commission said on Thursday. It said the UK and Indian businesses will confirm more than 1 billion pounds (1 GBP= Rs 99.63) in new investments and export deals on Tuesday in areas ranging from software engineering to health, creating almost 11,000 jobs across the UK. Johnson begins his two-day visit to India on Thursday to further expand ties between the two countries and exchange views on pressing global challenges, including the crisis in Ukraine and the situation in the Indo-Pacific. Read More
Boris Johnson India Visit LIVE Updates: India, UK talk business: What is the ask
Boris Johnson India Visit LIVE Updates: UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson's India visit may result in an early FTA
As per the British official announcement, Prime Minister Boris Johnson is visiting India “as part of the UK’s Indo-Pacific tilt”, and to deepen bilateral ties “in the face of global economic challenges and threats from autocratic states”. On his two-day visit to India starting on April 21, Johnson will first go to Ahmedabad, in Gujarat, and the next day proceed to New Delhi where he will meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
This broadly means working together for a post-pandemic recovery, how to deal with assertive China, and discuss the Russia-Ukraine war. Earlier, UK Foreign Secretary Liz Truss was in India as part of the British ‘diplomatic push on Ukraine’. So all these issues are likely to be emphasised in public statements. But the real issue is going to be a push for an early conclusion of a bilateral trade agreement.
Boris Johnson India Visit LIVE Updates: India wants trade pact with UK by October, easier worker visas
India is keen to finalize a trade pact with Britain by October and will seek easier access to visas for skilled workers and students when U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson visits the country later this week, according to a person with knowledge of the matter.
Johnson, who kicks off a two-day visit starting Thursday, will discuss lowering import duty on British whiskey and scotch in his talks with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the person said, asking not to be identified as the discussions aren’t public. The two leaders are likely to set a deadline for a comprehensive economic partnership agreement, the person added.
Boris Johnson India Visit LIVE Updates: Boris Johnson meeting with PM Narendra Modi tomorrow
Boris Johnson will meet with Prime Minister Narendra Modi tomorrow. A major focus of Mr Johnson's talks with PM Modi will be on the situation in the Indo-Pacific as the UK is strongly opposed to any kind of coercion in the region.
Boris Johnson India Visit LIVE Updates: UK PM Boris Johnson begins 2-day India visit today
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s two-day visit to India from Thursday is aimed at ramping up the overall ties between the two countries, especially in the areas of defence and security and trade, and he will not lecture India on how to respond to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, people familiar with the development said on Wednesday.
They said a major focus of Johnson’s talks with Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be on the situation in the Indo-Pacific as the United Kingdom is strongly opposed to any kind of coercion in the region. The people said the UK is ready to extend its cooperation in realising Modi’s vision of making India a hub for defence manufacturing and for the transfer of technologies for joint production of military hardware.
The British prime minister is scheduled to arrive in Ahmedabad on Thursday morning. After a series of engagements in Gujarat throughout the day, he will leave for Delhi in the evening. Johnson and Modi will hold extensive talks in Delhi on Friday. On the Ukraine crisis, the people said Johnson is not going to lecture India on its response to the Russian invasion and that he will set out the UK’s perspective on it and listen to New Delhi’s views.
Boris Johnson India Visit LIVE Updates: British PM Boris Johnson signals visa flexibility with India to win trade deal
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson indicated he was ready to offer more visas to India in return for this year clinching a free-trade deal that could boost annual bilateral trade by billions of pounds. Speaking on the plane on his way to the world's second-most populous country, Johnson signalled he was ready to be more accommodating on an issue that could have stalled the talks.
"I have always been in favour of talented people coming to this country," Johnson told reporters. "We are short to the tune of hundreds of thousands of people in our economy and we need to have a progressive approach and we will." Britain has made getting a trade deal with India one of its post-Brexit priorities as ministers, free from the European Union's common trade policy, look to gear policy towards faster-growing economies around the Indo-Pacific region.
India wants greater opportunities for Indians to live and work in Britain. Any trade deal will likely be contingent on relaxing rules and lowering of fees for Indian students and professionals going to the country.India and former colonial power Britain already share strong trade ties, and more than a million people of Indian origin live in Britain after decades of migration.
Britain wants to tap into the wealth of India's middle classes and their appetite for premium British products such as Scotch whisky. They also hope that India can become a customer of its green technology and that service trade can also be strengthened.Britain has said the trade deal could almost double British exports to India, and by 2035 boost total trade by 28 billion pounds ($38 billion) per year. Total trade in 2019 was worth 23 billion pounds, according to British statistics.
Boris Johnson India Visit LIVE Updates: India visit will deepen strategic ties, says British PM Boris Johnson
Boris Johnson India Visit LIVE Updates: British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Wednesday that his long-delayed visit to India will deepen the strategic trade, defence and people-to-people ties between the two countries. Ahead of Johnson's two-day visit, Downing Street has stressed that the UK would not look to "lecture" India over its neutral stance in the United Nations or its decision to hike Russian oil imports. The UK has been trying to persuade India to reduce its reliance on Moscow since Russia invaded Ukraine on February 24. Addressing the House of Commons for his weekly Prime Minister's Questions (PMQs), Johnson said the trip to Ahmedabad and New Delhi will build on India being invited as a guest country for the G7 Summit hosted by the UK in Cornwall in June last year. "I will be travelling to India to deepen the strategic trade, defence and people- to-people ties between our two countries, building on India's involvement in the Carbis Bay G7 summit," Johnson told members of Parliament. It will be Johnson's first major trip to India as Prime Minister after previous visits were postponed due to Covid. "I will be seeing Prime Minister (Narendra) Modi in Delhi, meeting Indian business people investing in the UK and visiting British investments in India, he said.
