PM Narendra Modi, UK PM Boris Johnson to hold virtual summit today to discuss COVID-19 cooperation

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New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi is scheduled to hold a virtual summit with United Kingdom Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Tuesday (May 4, 2021).

The Ministry of External Affairs stated that the virtual summit is taken into account an necessary alternative to elevate multi-faceted strategic ties and improve cooperation on regional and world problems with mutual curiosity. 

“Both leaders will also discuss COVID-19 cooperation and the global efforts to fight the pandemic,” the MEA acknowledged.

A complete roadmap 2030 may even be launched through the summit, which, in accordance to MEA, will pave the best way for additional increasing and deepening India-UK cooperation over the following decade throughout 5 key areas, particularly people-to-people relationship, commerce and prosperity, defence and safety, local weather motion and healthcare.

This is to be famous that Johnson’s go to to India which was scheduled for April 26 was cancelled due to the prevailing COVID-19 state of affairs within the nation.

The UK PM’s go to was cancelled in January as effectively when he was invited because the Chief Guest for the Republic Day celebrations. It was cancelled due to the nationwide lockdown within the UK.

It would have been his first go to overseas because the UK left the European Union. 

Earlier on Monday, Jaishankar additionally participated within the G7 Foreign Ministers Meeting in London. India is attending the G7 summit as an invited visitor nation. 
 





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