On the appointment of Liz Truss as the new prime minister of the United Kingdom, Alex Ellis, the British High Commissioner to India, said Tuesday that India-UK ties would be strengthened further under Truss’ leadership. "Liz Truss will further strengthen the UK-India comprehensive strategic partnership. She knows India well and has visited three times in the last 18 months. She re-kickstarted our trade negotiations which are now in full swing."
The British High Commissioner spoke to news agency ANI about India-UK economic ties and highlighted the need for mutual cooperation to ensure an open and secure Indo-Pacific. "Indian-UK economies are quite closely tied already, we aim to double-trade by 2030."
"Economic ties are good for jobs and strategic relationships as well as the big challenges we face in the next 25 years."
{{/usCountry}}"Economic ties are good for jobs and strategic relationships as well as the big challenges we face in the next 25 years."
{{/usCountry}}Reiterating last year's agreement on defence cooperation, Ellis said there remains a lot of scope for industrial and political cooperation under the new leader.
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Truss, who beat former chancellor Rishi Sunak in an ill-tempered leadership contest within the Conservative Pary, will succeed Boris Johnson as prime minister.
Congratulating Truss on her victory, external affairs minister S Jaishankar said India is confident about ties with UK under Truss' leadership.
"Your commitment to raising India-UK cooperation to a higher level is well known. Confident that our relationship will grow further under your leadership," he said.