The office of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi tweeted a picture of the two of them speaking.
We don’t know the details of the conversation yet, but the first meeting between Modi and Sunak – the UK’s first Indian-origin Prime Minister – was much anticipated in India. The 42-year-old is also married to Akshata Murty, daughter of Infosys founder NR Narayana Murthy.
Modi had congratulated Sunak on a phone call after he came to power, and tweeted that they had “agreed on the importance of early conclusion of a comprehensive and balanced [free trade agreement]”.
A trade pact aims to double bilateral trade by 2030 – the two countries are now looking to finalise the agreement by the end of March, according to Reuters.
Source: BBC