PM Modi in UK Updates: PM Narendra Modi arrived in Glasgow on Sunday.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi is in Glasgow for the COP26 climate summit. The Prime Minister, who flew into Glasgow from the G20 Summit in Italy, will begin the UK leg of his European tour by holding bilateral talks with British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and a meeting with community leaders and Indologists based in Scotland.
"Landed in Glasgow. Will be joining the COP26 Summit, where I look forward to working with other world leaders on mitigating climate change and articulating India's efforts in this regard," PM Modi said on Twitter.
The Prime Minister was received to the tune of Scottish bagpipes as he arrived at his hotel in Glasgow, where he was greeted by a large group of Indian representatives with chants of "Bharat Mata Ki Jai".
Here are the updates on PM Modi's visit to G20 and COP26 Climate Summit:
PM Modi to Attend Special VVIP Reception at Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum
At the end of day one of the World Leaders' Summit on Monday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will join more than 120 Heads of Government and Heads of State at a special VVIP reception at Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum one of Scotland's most popular visitor attractions.
The reception will also include Prince Charles and wife Camilla and Prince William and wife Kate Middleton. Queen Elizabeth II was due to attend this special reception but pulled out last week after medical advice against travel.
PM Boris Johnson has said the summit will be the "world's moment of truth" and has urged world leaders to make the most of it.
"The question everyone is asking is whether we seize this moment or let it slip away," he said, ahead of the two-week conference.
PM Modi is expected to reiterate his invitation for UK PM Boris Johnson to visit India.
PM Modi to hold bilateral talks with UK PM Boris Johnson
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will hold bilateral talks with British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on the sidelines of the United Nations meet. This will be the first in-person meeting between PM Modi and Boris Johnson.
The talks are expected to focus on the UK-India climate partnership as well as a stock-take of the 2030 Roadmap for stronger UK-India Strategic Partnership signed by the two leaders during a virtual summit in May this year.
"Both governments remain committed to the implementation of the Roadmap, within prescribed timelines. Accordingly, we are looking to launch negotiations in November 2021 for an Interim Agreement to be signed in March 2022 and eventually a comprehensive agreement, if all goes according to schedule, by November 2022," India's High Commissioner to the UK, Gaitri Issar Kumar, said ahead of the prime ministerial talks.
PM Modi to meet around 45 Indian representatives from Glasgow and Edinburgh
On Monday morning, PM Modi is scheduled to hold a meet and greet with around 45 Indian representatives from Glasgow and Edinburgh, including prominent medics, academics and business people.
He will also meet the Indian winner of Prince William's Earthshot Prize, Delhi-based recycling firm Takachar founder Vidyut Mohan, and 14-year-old prize finalist from Tamil Nadu Vinisha Umashankar, inventor of a solar-powered ironing cart.
He proceed for the opening ceremony of day one of the World Leaders' Summit of the 26th Conference of Parties (COP26) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), being held at the Scottish Event Campus (SEC) in Glasgow.
"Landed in Glasgow": PM Modi tweeted
"Landed in Glasgow. Will be joining the COP26 Summit, where I look forward to working with other world leaders on mitigating climate change and articulating India's efforts in this regard," PM Modi said on Twitter soon after he landed here from the G20 Summit in Rome on Sunday night.
PM Modi was received to the notes of Scottish bagpipes as he arrived at his hotel in Glasgow, where he was greeted by a large group of Indian diaspora representatives with chants of "Bharat Mata Ki Jai".
The Prime Minister was received to the tune of Scottish bagpipes as he arrived at his hotel in Glasgow, where he was greeted by a large group of Indian representatives with chants of "Bharat Mata Ki Jai".
After G20 Summit, PM Modi In UK For COP26 Summit
Prime Minister Narendra Modi is in Glasgow for the COP26 climate summit. The Prime Minister, who flew into Glasgow from the G20 Summit in Italy, will begin the UK leg of his European tour by holding bilateral talks with British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and a meeting with community leaders and Indologists based in Scotland.
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