PM Modi calls Keir Starmer’s India visit ‘historic’ as UK trade delegation arrives

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday warmly welcomed his British counterpart Keir Starmer calling his visit to India ldquohistoricrdquo as Starmer arrived with the largestever trade delegation from the United KingdomIn a post on X Modi said Welcome Prime Minister Keir Starmer on your historic first visit to India with the largest ever trade delegation from the UK Looking forward to our meeting tomorrow for advancing our shared vision of a stronger mutually prosperous futureWelcome Prime Minister Keir Starmer on your historic first visit to India with the largest ever trade delegation from the UK Looking forward to our meeting tomorrow for advancing our shared vision of a stronger mutually prosperous future Keir_Starmer pictwittercomSv29sZ6dzjmdash Narendra Modi narendramodi October 8 2025The British leader accompanied by a delegation of 125 of the UKs most prominent business leaders entrepreneurs university vice chancellors landed in Mumbai this morning on a twoday visitBritish PM Keir Starmer meets Indian business leaders in MumbaiBritish Prime Minister Keir Starmer met with business leaders in Indiarsquos financial capital on Wednesday marking the start of his first official visit to the countryUpon his arrival Indiarsquos Ministry of External Affairs MEA described the visit as the beginning of ldquoa new chapter in the strong and dynamic IndiaUK partnershiprdquo in a post on X formerly TwitterA warm welcome to PM Keir_Starmer of the United Kingdom Received by the Governor of Maharashtra and Gujarat Mr Acharya Devvrat maha_governor at the airport This is PM Starmers first visit to India This visit marks a new chapter in our strong amp dynamic IndiaUK partnershipA warm welcome to PM Keir_Starmer of the United Kingdom Received by Governor of Maharashtra and Gujarat Mr Acharya Devvrat maha_governor at the airportThis is PM Starmerrsquos first visit to India This visit marks a new chapter in our strong amp dynamic IndiaUK partnershiphellip pictwittercomTShzoykM6lmdash Randhir Jaiswal MEAIndia October 8 2025In another post on X MEA noted that the UK PM has arrived in India with a large delegation of 125 members consisting of CEOs entrepreneurs university Vice Chancellors and cultural leadersPM Keir_Starmer of the UK has reached Mumbai India with a large delegation of 125 members consisting of CEOs entrepreneurs university Vice Chancellors and cultural leaders Watch how the Education cooperation is benefiting the common people pictwittercom2DnritEuKimdash Randhir Jaiswal MEAIndia October 8 2025This is Prime Minister Starmers first official visit to IndiaAccording to the news agency ANI during the visit on October 9 in Mumbai Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his British counterpart Prime Ministers will take stock of progress in diverse aspects of the IndiaUK Comprehensive Strategic Partnership in line with Vision 2035 a focused and time bound 10year Roadmap of programmes and initiatives in key pillars of trade and investment technology and innovation defence and security climate and energy health education and people to people relationsBoth leaders will engage with businesses and industry leaders on the opportunities presented by the IndiaUK Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement CETA which will serve as a central pillar of the future IndiaUK economic partnershipThey will also exchange views on issues of regional and global importanceAs per ANI the two Prime Ministers will attend the 6th edition of the Global Fintech Fest in Mumbai and deliver keynote addresses The leaders will also engage with industry experts policymakers and innovatorsThe visit will build on the momentum and substance generated by the visit of Prime Minister Modi to the UK in July this year It will provide a valuable opportunity to reaffirm the shared vision of India and the United Kingdom to build a forwardlooking partnershipWith PTI inputs