Press Release

Visit of Secretary of State of the UK H.E. David Miliband

12/01/2009

Visit of Rt. Hon. David Miliband, Secretary of State, for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs of the United Kingdom to India

Foreign Secretary David Miliband will visit India from 13-16 January 2009. The visit is part of the annual bilateral dialogue at the level of Foreign Ministers. On 13 January Foreign Secretary Miliband will have a meeting with External Affairs Minister Shri Pranab Mukherjee, besides having a number of other official engagements.

India and the UK have Strategic Partnership. Bilateral relations have grown to cover diverse areas of interaction. The investment and trade dimensions provide the main foundation of bilateral links which are supplemented by common endeavors in Education, Science & Technology and Research cooperation.

Foreign Secretary Miliband will also be visiting Mumbai where he has, inter alia, speaking engagements on terrorism and climate change.

New Delhi
January 12, 2009