National Desk:
This will be the first official visit from Britain to a high level after Indian-origin Rishi Sunak became Prime Minister on Tuesday. The meeting of the United Nations Security Council-Counter-Terrorism Committee (UNSC-CCT) will be held on Friday and Saturday 28-29 October. On Friday (October 28) it will be held in Mumbai while on Saturday (October 29) it will be discussed in Delhi.
External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar can discuss other issues apart from the meeting with his British counterpart. External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar spoke on the phone yesterday with James Cleverly, who was re-appointed as Foreign Minister in the Rishi Sunak cabinet in Britain. The talks mainly took place on counter-terrorism, bilateral relations and Ukraine conflict. Mr Jaishankar said in a tweet that he had received a call from the UK Foreign Minister.
James Cleverley has supported India's permanent membership in the United Nations Security Council (UNSC). He said that long-term institutions like the United Nations should keep on changing themselves to make their future as influential as the past. Britain's Foreign Minister had also said about India-London that Britain wants to see India playing an active role at the global level with its size, economic impact.
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