Foreign secretary Vikram Misri and Britain’s everlasting under-secretary Oliver Robbins additionally co-chaired the primary Strategic Exports and Technology Cooperation Dialogue
Foreign secretary Vikram Misri and Permanent Under-Secretary on the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office of UK Oliver Robbins in New Delhi. (@MEAIndia)
In addition to holding the annual overseas workplace consultations in New Delhi, overseas secretary Vikram Misri and Britain’s everlasting under-secretary Oliver Robbins co-chaired the primary Strategic Exports and Technology Cooperation Dialogue.
During the overseas workplace consultations, the 2 sides reviewed and mentioned the gamut of bilateral relations. They additionally welcomed the conclusion of the India-UK free commerce settlement and double contribution conference final month, the exterior affairs ministry mentioned in an announcement.
Misri and Robbins mentioned methods to strengthen cooperation in commerce, funding, monetary sector, defence and safety, counter-terrorism, know-how, science, innovation, inexperienced vitality, local weather, well being, schooling and people-to-people relations to be able to diversify the bilateral complete strategic partnership, the assertion mentioned.
The first Strategic Exports and Technology Cooperation Dialogue targeted on “addressing export controls for enabling greater technology cooperation in strategic sectors”. This dialogue is geared toward constructing mutual understanding of techniques and agreeing on areas for future cooperation in key sectors similar to know-how and defence.
Misri conveyed India’s appreciation for the British authorities’s “expression of solidarity and support to India in the fight against terrorism”. Misri and Robbins additionally exchanged views on regional and world points, together with the Russia-Ukraine battle and the state of affairs in West Asia and the Indo-Pacific.
A readout from the British excessive fee mentioned the 2 sides welcomed the “significant breakthroughs” within the bilateral partnership since final 12 months’s overseas workplace consultations, together with the announcement of the commerce deal on May 6, which is able to strengthen commerce hyperlinks and improve bilateral commerce already price £43 billion by one other £25.5 billion.
“Both agreed to work towards implementing the shared vision of the two prime ministers for an ambitious partnership between the UK and India over the next decade,” the readout mentioned.
Robbins mentioned he’s visiting India to “help advance one of the UK’s most vital partnerships in the world”. He added, “In a more complex world, there is strong ambition from both governments to take this partnership to even greater heights.”
During the go to, he’s anticipated to satisfy a variety of Indian officers, together with on the G20 and residential affairs.
Both sides agreed to carry the following overseas workplace consultations in London in 2026.
