UK and India must work closely together to contribute to global security: James Cleverly

Mar 02, 2023

New Delhi, March 02 (ANI): UK Foreign Secretary James Cleverly attended the India- Europe Business and Sustainability conclave in New Delhi on March 02 where he talked about the social and economic turbulence in the current geo-political scenario and how trusted partners need to work closely to overcome such situations. “Till the day when those words are heeded, we must recognise that in times of social and economic turbulence, trusted partners need to work even more closely together. G20 so relevant and India now one of the countries defining the world and its presidency is at the right time,” said James Cleverly. He also quoted Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s words to Russian President Vladimir Putin, "today's era is not an era of war" and Criticized Vladimir Putin for not listening to the words and launching an attack on Ukraine. “I am also going to echo the wise words of Prime Minister Modi who was right when he said to Putin, "today's era is not an era of war." Vladimir Putin must listen to those words & heed those words. Sadly, he is not doing so yet,” he added. James Cleverly also commented on Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and how it sent shockwaves to the global economy and its effect on food and energy prices. “Today we're living through a period of geopolitical competition...Russia's invasion of Ukraine sent shockwaves through the global economy & across the world and we're seeing the ripple effect of that in food prices, energy prices, global insecurity,” he further added. “The UK and India are the 6th and 5th respectively largest economies in the world. I think that we must work closely together to contribute to the world's economic security and the world's prosperity,” he added.