World News | Time to expand India-UK ties, says UK Opposition Leader Keir Starmer

LONDON, May 26 (PTI) British Opposition Leader Sir Keir Starmer said on Friday that now is the time to expand India-UK relations in all key areas, as he spelled out the Labor Party’s foreign policy ahead of the general election. expected next year.

Starmer said he sees huge mutual benefits in strengthening the bilateral relationship.

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He will be the keynote address at the opening of the India Global Forum’s (IGF) annual UK-India Week summit in London next month, according to a statement. The speech will mark the first major insight into the Labor leader’s vision for the party’s relationship with India, which has experienced some tensions over sensitive issues such as Kashmir under his predecessor Jeremy Corbyn.

“Now is the time to look to the future and look at how we can deepen and expand our collaboration in key areas such as trade and investment, technology and innovation, climate action, diversity and inclusion, healthcare, the future of work, skills and education – I think There is huge scope for mutual benefit in all areas,” Starmer said.

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“I look forward to speaking at the India Global Forum. Labor has a long and strong relationship with India and I am very proud of that,” he said.

Now in its fifth year, IGF UK-India Week, a five-day series of events taking place from 26 to 30 June, will bring together senior politicians, business and thought leaders from the UK, India and around the world to focus on On the prospect of strengthening India-UK relations across different sectors.

“I think it is timely that Sir Keir will be hosting UK-India Week this year. We are at a pivotal moment, so his participation underscores the importance of a bipartisan approach to relations with India,” said Manoj Ladwa, Founder and CEO, IGF said the professor.

“Given the ups and downs of Labor’s relationship with India in recent years, I believe his intervention at the India Global Forum will be eagerly anticipated and, in my view, very much needed,” he said.

Under the theme ‘Leadership with Purpose’, UK-India Week 2023 will cover a range of issues from infrastructure and sustainable finance to technology and innovation, and conclude with the UK-India Awards.

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