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UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson also unwittingly dug himself into another controversy by inaugurating a factory that makes the same machines that were used to demolish homes in Delhi.

British trade with India, the world's second-most populous country with nearly 1.4 billion people, was worth 23 billion pounds ($29.93 billion) in 2019, much lower than the UK's trade with some much smaller economies such as Ireland

London moved its main diplomatic mission in Ukraine from Kyiv to the western city of Lviv in February, shortly before Russia ordered in its troops.

Boris Johnson had landed in Ahmedabad on April 21. Today, he was in Delhi for bilateral talks with Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

In their wide-ranging talks, Modi and Johnson vowed to give fresh momentum to overall ties and reviewed the progress made in the implementation of the Roadmap 2030 that listed ambitious targets for deeper collaborations in diverse sectors.

UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson, during his two-day visit to India, inaugurated a factory of UK-headquartered heavy equipment maker JCB in Gujarat

The British high commission said Boris Johnson is expected to discuss with Modi the next-generation defence and security collaboration across the five domains — land, sea, air, space and cyber — as both nations face complex new threats.

Boris Johnson India Visit Highlights: PM Narendra Modi and his British PM Boris Johnson pushed for closing the negotiations for a free trade agreement (FTA) by the end of the year as part of the India-UK bilateral talks held today.

While Johnson was miles away in India on a two-day bilateral visit, MPs shouted aye for the Parliament's Committee of Privileges to investigate whether the UK prime minister knowingly misled Parliament.

Labour leader Keir Starmer said that his motion would allow the police investigation to be completed before the committee had to establish whether Johnson had held parliament in contempt.

The Adani Group Chairman had met Johnson in October last year at the Global Investment Summit in London where the two leaders had reiterated their commitment to ongoing transition to clean energy.

Boris Johnson emphasised the need to reduce reliance on foreign oil and gas due to the conflict in Ukraine.

Boris Johnson -- who has been assailed by controversy over Downing Street parties during the coronavirus pandemic -- is yet to comment on the incident.

The Ashram trust gifted him two books, one of them an unpublished guide for the benefit of those seeking to live in London, penned by Mahatma Gandhi himself.

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.

Boris Johnson was received at the Ahmedabad airport by Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel and Governor Acharya Devvrat.

The visit is expected to give a fresh push to the proposed free trade agreement and boost cooperation in the Indo-Pacific

Boris Johnson's India Visit Highlights: The British Prime Minister said 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.