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A Downing Street spokesperson said:

This morning the Prime Minister welcomed Prime Minister Modi of India to Downing Street for bilateral talks. 皇冠体育app Prime Minister and Prime Minister Modi discussed the chemical weapons attacks in Salisbury and Syria, expressing concern and making clear their opposition to the use of chemical weapons by any party in any circumstances.

皇冠体育app Prime Minister reiterated the UK鈥檚 position on Russia鈥檚 recent destabilising behaviour, underlined by the attack in Salisbury and the protection provided for the Syrian regime鈥檚 repeated use of chemical weapons against its people.

皇冠体育app leaders discussed their shared priorities in the Indo-Pacific and committed to working more closely together to ensure it remained free and open.

皇冠体育appy reflected on the progress made on bilateral defence and security cooperation since the Prime Minister鈥檚 visit to India in 2016 and the agreement to a number of Defence Capability Partnerships in key strategic areas, with closer military-to-military ties underpinned by a succession of high level visits and exchanges. 皇冠体育appy agreed to continue working together closely to combat terrorism, radicalisation and online extremism.

皇冠体育appy also discussed co-operation between the two countries on legal matters. Mrs May welcomed the return to the UK of the Chennai Six.

皇冠体育app Prime Minister updated Prime Minister Modi on the progress of the UK鈥檚 withdrawal from the EU, saying the implementation period agreed in March gives Indian companies and investors the confidence that market access will continue on current terms until the end of 2020.

She reiterated that the UK will remain committed to global free trade and investment and that the UK will remain a leading hub for global finance. Prime Minister Modi said there would be no dilution in the importance of the UK to India post-Brexit. He said the City of London was of great importance to India for accessing the global markets and would remain so.

皇冠体育app two leaders said trade between the UK and India had grown strongly over the last year and Prime Minister Modi said that Brexit offers opportunities to further increase trade ties.

皇冠体育app Prime Ministers welcomed the 拢1 billion of commercial deals which has been agreed today. 皇冠体育appy agreed to build on the recommendations of the UK-India Joint Trade Review to reduce barriers to trade, to make it easier to do business in both countries and enable a stronger bilateral trade relationship for the future.

Looking to the future the Prime Minister and Prime Minister Modi discussed the new UK-India Tech Partnership agreed today which will create thousands of jobs and generate significant investment in both our economies. 皇冠体育app Prime Minister said the Partnership will be at the core of much that we鈥檒l do together over the next decade.

Finally they looked forward to the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting tomorrow and agreed on the importance of working together to build a more sustainable, prosperous, secure and fairer future for all Commonwealth citizens.