Marking his first major international trip after Brexit, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will visit India at the end of April as part of efforts to boost the UK’s opportunities in the region, Reuters reported citing his office on Tuesday.
The confirmation from the UK PM comes two months after he had to cancel his visit to India due to rising Covid-19 infections in his country.
Johnson, who was invited by India as a Republic Day chief guest, had planned the trip in January as part of efforts to speed up trade talks between the two nations.
His office had said Johnson hoped to rearrange his visit before Britain hosted the meeting of leaders from the Group of Seven in June, which Prime Minister Narendra Modi is due to attend as a visitor.
The British government has said it would “tilt” its focus towards the Indo-Pacific region as part of its integrated review of government policy for the coming years. It said that the region increasingly represented the geopolitical centre of the world.
