New Delhi: UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Wednesday mentioned that the shared vision with India for a sustainable future shall be among the many agenda for talks with ‘friend’ Prime Minister Narendra Modi through the former’s scheduled go to to India on the finish of April.
Johnson, talking on the digital International Conference on Disaster Resilient Infrastructure (ICDRI) hailed the PM Modi’s “fantastic leadership” in areas corresponding to renewable power within the international battle in opposition to local weather change.Â
“I applaud my friend Prime Minister Modi for his commitment to this excellent initiative… The UK is proud to be its co-chair and I am delighted that since its launch, the coalition has made such a great start with 28 countries and organisations now signed up,” he mentioned.
PM Modi inaugurated the occasion which is being hosted by India from Wednesday to Friday. It brings collectively stakeholders from accomplice international locations and organisations to advertise the resilience of latest and present infrastructure programs in opposition to local weather and catastrophe dangers in assist of sustainable growth.
Further, Johnson mentioned that the aim of such coalitions was to study extra from one another and assist these notably in danger from the dramatic results of local weather change,Â
“We have a shared vision for a sustainable future for our nations and global community and I very much look forward to discussing this and many other issues with Prime Minister Modi on my upcoming visit to India,” he mentioned, in his video message from Downing Street in London.
Johnson highlighted how the UK undertook the journey to make its infrastructure extra disaster-resilient over 10 years in the past and is investing 5.2 billion kilos in bolstering flood defences.Â
The occasion is being led by India and co-chaired by the UK.
