Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday congratulated Labour Party's leader, Keir Starmer on his remarkable victory in the UK general elections, and thanked Rishi Sunak for his active contribution to deepening India-UK ties.
According to S&P Global Market Intelligence, a financial information and analytics firm, the impacts the election could pose include the UK's trade agreements, willingness to use import duties, industrial support, investment in infrastructure, and support for unionization.
Union Minister Piyush Goyal has said that India is actively working on the process of free Trade Agreements (FTAs) with many countries and expressed confidence of fast progress with the United Kingdom, irrespective of the result of the British elections
The Labour leader also criticised the Conservative government, which is in power in UK since 2010, has "overpromised" and "underdelivered" in relation with India.
"The President spoke about the functioning of the Black Sea transport corridor, which makes it possible to increase exports of sunflower oil to India and turnover of other categories of goods," the Ukrainian president's website read.
The leaders engaged in productive discussions aimed at strengthening bilateral ties and addressing the situation in Ukraine, said the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) in an official release.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his British counterpart Rishi Sunak, on the sidelines of the G7 Summit, expressed satisfaction with the progress made in the Free Trade Agreement (FTA) negotiations between the two countries.
The long-awaited trade deal between India and Britain is likely to be signed after the completion of elections in the United Kingdom as the officials of India and the United Kingdom met virtually on May 7 last month.
Indian technology service provider firm Persistent Systems has partnered with Google Cloud for expanded reach across the US, India, UK, and Australia, the company said in a statement.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi thanked Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy after he congratulated him on the third consecutive electoral victory in the Lok Sabha polls.