India-UK ties across sectors set to expand after Brexit: UK Minister Lord Ahmad

Oct 3, 2019

New Delhi: Lord Tariq Ahmad of Wimbledon, the UK Minister of State for the Commonwealth, UN and South Asia, on Thursday said India-UK partnership was going to expand across various sectors post Brexit.

Arriving here on a day’s visit, Lord Ahmad said,” “As we leave the European Union, our partnership with India across an array of sectors from trade and education, to climate change and the rule of law will be more important than ever. I am keen while I am here to also build on the Living Bridge of people-to-people links that bind our two countries so closely.”

Lord Ahmad, who is also Prime Minister’s Special Representative on Preventing Sexual Violence in Conflict, will promote the UK’s role as a force for good, working with India on major global challenges such as climate change and gender equality, celebrate the 150th anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi’s birth, and lay the foundations for a prosperous and strengthened trading relationship, the British High Commission said in a statement,” .

“I am delighted to be here in India, a place that holds a special place in my heart. The UK aspires to be a Force for Good around the world and I look forward to strengthening our collaboration with India on global challenges that are threatening our world, in particular climate change and gender equality,” the UK Minister said.

Lord Ahmad is expected to meet the Indian Minister of Minority Affairs, Abbas Naqvi; Minister of Textiles, and of Women and Child Development, Smriti Irani; and Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, and of Information and Broadcasting, Prakash Javadekar, amongst others.

-India News Stream