UK PM Rishi Sunak posts picture with PM Narendra Modi, calls it mazboot dosti

UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak on Wednesday tweeted in Hindi while sharing a glimpse of his meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

Sunak shared a picture with Modi on his Twitter handle where he can be seen shaking hands with the Indian counterpart and captioned it ' United by friendship. Ek mazboot dosti' meaning a strong friendship.

The two PMs on Wednesday held talks covering key areas of cooperation such as trade, mobility, defence and security.


The meeting took place on the sidelines of the G-20 summit here. It was the first meeting between the two leaders after the Indian-origin leader assumed office as the British prime minister few weeks ago.


After the meeting, Modi said India attaches great importance to robust India-UK ties.

"Was great to meet PM @RishiSunak in Bali. India attaches great importance to robust India-UK ties. We discussed ways to increase commercial linkages, raise the scope of security cooperation in context of India's defence reforms and make people-to-people ties even stronger," he tweeted.

The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said the two leaders expressed satisfaction at the state of the wide-ranging India-UK Comprehensive Strategic Partnership and progress on the 'Roadmap 2030' for future relations.

"The two leaders appreciated the importance of working together in bilateral and multilateral forums including G20 and the Commonwealth," it said.

"Discussions touched upon important sectors of collaboration such as trade, mobility, defence and security," the MEA added.

(With agency inputs)