G20 Summit 2023: PM Modi holds bilateral meet with UK counterpart Rishi Sunak, free trade deal in focus
India TV NewsG20 Summit 2023: On the sidelines of the mega G20 Summit in New Delhi, Prime Minister Narendra Modi held a bilateral meeting with his British counterpart Rishi Sunak on Saturday. The day before, Sunak had said there was “still some way to go” for a free trade pact with India to be finalised, but appeared confident that the final outcome will be a "forward-looking" and "modern" deal that would benefit both sides and facilitate shared ambition of doubling trade by 2030. The Sunak government said that Britain has no plans to change its approach to reducing net migration in order to help secure a free trade deal with India. To be crystal clear, there are no plans to change our immigration policy to achieve this free trade agreement and that includes student visas," Rishi Sunak's spokesperson said.