Foreign Secretary discusses with UK officials follow-up action on PM visit

LONDON: Foreign Secretary S Jaishankar has held bilateral talks with top British officials to follow-up on decisions reached during Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit here last year.

During the two-day visit that concluded yesterday, Jaishankar attended the Extraordinary Meeting of the Commonwealth Ministerial Action Group (CMAG) of which India is a member.

He also had bilateral meetings with Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster Oliver Letwin MP, minister of state at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office Hugo Swire, and UK National Security Advisor Mark Lyall Grant to discuss the follow-up actions on decisions reached during Prime Minister Modi's visit here in November, 2015 and other issues of mutual interest, the Indian High Commission said in a statement.

The foreign secretary also interacted with a select group of UK-based scholars and editors on a range of topics, including India's foreign policy and regional and global issues of contemporary importance.