BORIS JOHNSON WILL BE REPUBLIC DAY CHIEF GUEST OF INDIA

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Tue 15 December 2020:

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has accepted India’s “very generous” invite to be the Republic Day chief guest at next month’s celebrations in Delhi, UK’s Foreign Secretary said today, calling it “a great honour”. This will be Boris Johnson’s “first major bilateral visit” since he took charge last year, his office highlighted.

 

“I am absolutely delighted to be visiting India next year at the start of an exciting year for Global Britain, and look forward to delivering the quantum leap in our bilateral relationship that Prime Minister (Narendra) Modi and I have pledged to achieve,” the British PM said in a statement.

He is only the second British leader since India’s independence to attend the Republic Day parade in Delhi as guest of honour after John Major in 1993.

“I’m pleased that PM Boris Johnson has invited PM Modi to join the UK-hosted G7 summit next year. The British PM has also accepted the very generous invitation to attend India’s Republic Day celebrations in January, which is a great honour,”  said UK Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab, this afternoon.

Prime Minister of Modi and UK PM Boris Johnson had a telephonic conversation earlier this week over the Kashmir situation. (Photo: Twitter/MEAIndia)

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