Opening the Door to a Special Relationship"
Prime Minister Narendra Modi's tour to the United Kingdom from November
12-14 was the first visit by an Indian Prime Minister in almost a
decade. Prime Minister Modi's visit to UK aimed at consolidating ties
and outlining a roadmap towards advancing partnership and deepening
cooperation between the two countries.
The Royal Air Force marked the moment of Prime Minister Modi's arrival with a flypast in the Indian tri-colours, making India the first foreign country to have its flag colours flown in a British flypast. During the three day visit, Prime Minister Modi held talks with British Prime Minister, David Cameron, paid homage to the statue of Mahatma Gandhi at Parliament Square, addressed a distinguished group of parliamentarians and eminent persons at the iconic Royal Gallery in the British Parliament, becoming the first head of Indian government to do so; addressed the City of London at the symbolic Guidhall, interacted with the CEOs at the India-UK CEOs Forum, called on Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth II unveiled the statue of Lord Basaveshwara, inaugurated the Ambedkar Memorial at the house where Dr B R Ambedkar lived while studying at LSE (London School of Economics) and visited Tata Jaguar Land Rover vehicle manufacturing unit in Solihull. In another first, the UK government offered to reinstate the law degree of the Indian freedom fighter Shyamji Krishna Verma who was debarred from practicing law at the Inner Temple for actively campaigning for India's independence from UK.
With a focus on the 3 Ds - Democracy, Demography and Demand and its movement towards E-entrepreneurship, the visit also saw commercial deals worth £9.3 bn being sealed and the two sides releasing a vision document that captured the essence of shared history and a natural partnership, poised to take giant strides forward.
The United Kingdom reaffirmed its continued support for India's permanent membership of an expanded UNSC and India's enhanced role in other international bodies and membership of International Export Control Regimes.
The Royal Air Force marked the moment of Prime Minister Modi's arrival with a flypast in the Indian tri-colours, making India the first foreign country to have its flag colours flown in a British flypast. During the three day visit, Prime Minister Modi held talks with British Prime Minister, David Cameron, paid homage to the statue of Mahatma Gandhi at Parliament Square, addressed a distinguished group of parliamentarians and eminent persons at the iconic Royal Gallery in the British Parliament, becoming the first head of Indian government to do so; addressed the City of London at the symbolic Guidhall, interacted with the CEOs at the India-UK CEOs Forum, called on Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth II unveiled the statue of Lord Basaveshwara, inaugurated the Ambedkar Memorial at the house where Dr B R Ambedkar lived while studying at LSE (London School of Economics) and visited Tata Jaguar Land Rover vehicle manufacturing unit in Solihull. In another first, the UK government offered to reinstate the law degree of the Indian freedom fighter Shyamji Krishna Verma who was debarred from practicing law at the Inner Temple for actively campaigning for India's independence from UK.
With a focus on the 3 Ds - Democracy, Demography and Demand and its movement towards E-entrepreneurship, the visit also saw commercial deals worth £9.3 bn being sealed and the two sides releasing a vision document that captured the essence of shared history and a natural partnership, poised to take giant strides forward.
The United Kingdom reaffirmed its continued support for India's permanent membership of an expanded UNSC and India's enhanced role in other international bodies and membership of International Export Control Regimes.
Joint Statement - India-UK Summit 2015A Sustaining Partnership
Celebrating the growing strength, breadth and depth of the
relations between the two countries, Prime Minister Modi and Prime
Minister Cameron emphasised that the enduring connect between the UK and
India plays a vital role in safeguarding and promoting the security and
prosperity of both the nations.
The two leaders endorsed a Vision Statement
that outlined their ambitious and transformative vision for upgrading
the unique India-UK relationship to a leading global partnership for
sustainable progress, prosperity and security. The leaders resolved to
agree on a new Defence and International Security Partnership which will intensify cooperation on defence and security, including cyber-security, counter-terrorism and maritime security.
The two sides agreed that climate change and promoting secure,
affordable and sustainable supplies of energy were shared strategic
priorities for India and the UK, and endorsed a Joint Statement on Energy and Climate Change.
They also agreed to scale up bilateral cooperation to a global partnership for development through a "Statement of Intent on Partnership for Cooperation in Third Countries".
which will facilitate working together to benefit third country
partners by assisting them in addressing their development challenges in
a wholly demand driven manner.
Vision Statement - India-UK Summit 2015
The two Prime Ministers noted
that in an increasingly complex and interconnected world, deepening the
already close partnership on global issues would be vital for
safeguarding and promoting prosperity and security.
The substantive outcomes of the visit reflected in the five documents issued by the two leaders, are as follows :
Vision Statement
Towards consolidating the already robust ties between the world's oldest
and largest democracies a vision of a special partnership was endorsed
which would be further cemented by contribution of 1.5 million strong
Indian Diaspora in Britain and Britain's participation in India's
economic progress. The vision document released by the two sides
encompassed the aspirations of two economies. It highlighted the
uniqueness of ties that would continue to guide all the future
engagements. While India seeks to take its 1.25 billion on the path of
progress, the UK can sustain its economic rebalance and global
leadership by contributing in the process.
Defence and International Security Partnership
The two sides agreed on forward-looking steps with the corresponding
dialogue mechanisms to deepen collaboration in combating global threats
and strengthening the rules-based international systems by enhancing
defence collaboration, transfer of strategic capabilities, joint R &
D in new areas and indigenous defence projects under Make in India,
UK's strong advocacy of UN reforms and continued support for India's
permanent membership of UNSC, joint effort to finalise
CCIT(Comprehensive Convention on International Terrorism),disrupt
financial and tactical support for terrorist networks, strengthen
cooperation in cyber and maritime security.
Partnership for Cooperation in Third Countries
It was announced to leverage the competencies of India and UK in a
trilateral framework to assist developing countries in addressing their
development challenges by capacity building in a range of sectors.
India-UK Joint Statement on Energy and Climate Change
This joint statement outlined collaborative initiatives to address the
shared strategic challenges of climate change and access to sustainable
energy for economic growth.
India-UK Joint Statement 2015
This comprehensive document outlines specific initiatives being taken to
further deepen the partnership in a range of sectors such as Finance,
Infrastructure, Science and Technology and Health, Education and
Training as well as Culture.
Source :- http://www.mea.gov.in/
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