UK-India FTA to Indo-French defence ties, takeaways from Modi’s 1st set of G7 bilateral meetings

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New Delhi:UK-India Free Trade Agreement negotiations, strengthening Indo-French defence cooperation and support for a peaceful resolution to the Russia-Ukraine war these were all a part of Prime Minister Narendra Modis morning bilateral meetings with his respective counterparts on the sidelines of the G7 Summit in Italy Friday...

Modi, attending his fifth consecutive Group of Seven (G7) Leaders Summit at the invitation of Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, met with French President Emmanuel Macron, his United Kingdom counterpart Rishi Sunak and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy before attending the G7 Outreach session, scheduled to begin in the afternoon...

Modis meeting with Macron is their fourth in the last year, after reciprocal visits to both countries National and Republic Day celebrations, and Macrons attendance of the G20 Leaders Summit held in New Delhi in September last year..

Modi also met with Sunak, where the British Prime Minister indicated he was pleased that India will send a high-level delegation to the Geneva Peace Summit on the Russia-Ukraine war, scheduled to be held between 15 and 16 June, according to the British readout of the meeting...

The leaders discussed the implementation of the Roadmap 2030 and expressed happiness on progress in all areas of the Comprehensive Strategic Partnership including regular high level political consultations, defence and security, trade and economic collaboration, critical and high technology sectors and people-to-people ties, added the Indian readout of the meeting between Modi and Sunak...

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