UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer arrived in Mumbai on Wednesday morning for his first official go to to India since taking workplace. The 2-day journey, referred to as a “commerce mission” by British officers, focuses on boosting commerce and strategic ties between the UK and India.
Prime Minister Keir Starmer arrived in Mumbai with a delegation that included CEOs and senior executives from prime British firms, in addition to representatives from main universities and establishments. He’s joined by the UK Minister for Commerce and Enterprise, Peter Kyle, and Funding Minister Jason Stockwood.
This necessary go to comes only a few months after Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited the UK in July 2025, when each international locations signed a long-awaited commerce deal. It additionally occurs at a time when each nations are reviewing their commerce relationships with the US beneath President Donald Trump.
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On Thursday, October 9, Prime Minister Starmer will meet PM Modi at Raj Bhavan, Mumbai. Based on India’s Ministry of Exterior Affairs (MEA), they’ll talk about progress on the India-UK Complete Strategic Partnership beneath the Imaginative and prescient 2035 roadmap, a ten-year plan masking commerce and funding, innovation, defence, local weather, well being, training, and people-to-people ties.
The leaders may also meet enterprise and business leaders to speak about alternatives from the India–UK Complete Financial and Commerce Settlement (CETA), a key a part of the longer term financial partnership. They are going to change views on regional and world points, the MEA mentioned.
Starmer and Modi are anticipated to attend and communicate on the sixth World Fintech Fest in Mumbai, assembly policymakers, enterprise leaders, and innovators from world wide.
The MEA mentioned the go to will construct on the momentum from PM Modi’s UK go to in July 2025 and provide an opportunity to strengthen the shared imaginative and prescient of India and the UK for a forward-looking partnership.
(With IANS Inputs)