UK’s PM Boris Johnson, to visit India near April’s end

Former British PM Borris Johnson to visit India at the end of April this year. This visit would be a setup for trade talks between the two countries and to boost UK opportunities said the office.
Earlier in January Johnson was invited as a chief guest for the republic day event but couldn’t pay the visit due to the surge in covid 19 cases.
This would be Borris Johnson’s first international trip after Brexit. At the time, his office said he had hoped to rearrange the visit before Britain hosted the meeting of leaders from the Group of Seven rich nations in June, which Prime Minister Narendra Modi is due to attend as a visitor.
PM Johnson’s government said it would “tilt” its focus towards the Indo-Pacific region as part of its Integrated Review of government policy for the coming years, saying the area increasingly represented the geopolitical centre of the world.
Last month, Britain made a formal request to join the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP), seeking membership of the 11-country bloc to open new avenues for post-Brexit trade and influence.
It has also applied to become a dialogue partner of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN).”We are pursuing trade deals from Australia to the U.S. and around the world – particularly in the Indo-Pacific region, a huge growth mark.