Lagatar24 Desk
New Delhi, Oct 22: The United Kingdom Foreign Secretary Liz Truss began her two day India visit on Friday. She is scheduled to announce a series of tech and infrastructure deals to boost jobs and global green growth between the two countries. She will also hold discussions with External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar.
The British High Commission said that as part of the UK-India 10- Year Roadmap, the Foreign Secretary will also announce a new forum bringing together leading figures from the UK and India.
Liz Truss will also meet Environment Minister Bhupender Yadav in Delhi and may announce a 70 million dollar investment to fund green tech infrastructure projects across India.
There will also be an investment of Euro 500,000 by the UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) to build a new virtual network of Indian and British labs working to promote net-zero targets in Key industries like glass, cement and metals.
“I want the UK and India to step up their partnership in critical areas like technology, investment, security and defense. India is the world’s largest democracy, a tech and economic powerhouse and a vital strategic partner for the UK”, said the United Kingdom foreign secretary.
Notably, Truss is also Scheduled to meet Indian business leaders at a Build Back Better World roundtable in Mumbai on Saturday.
