Confident Indo-UK relations will further deepen under your leadership, Modi tells Cameron
London: Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived here on Thursday on a three-day bilateral visit to the United Kingdom.
Modi was officially welcomed with a Guard of Honour by his UK counterpart David Cameron. The ceremony took place at the Treasury Quadrangle near 10 Downing Street, the official residence of the British Prime Minister.
After Modi inspected the Guard of Honour, India-UK delegation level talks began at 10 Downing Street.
"I hope ties between both our nations will be productive, beneficial for each other, the World & humanity," Modi told UK Prime Minister Cameron.
Earlier, Modi was received at the Heathrow Airport by the Indian High Commissioner to UK Rajan Mathai, UK's High Commissioner to India James Bevan along with several senior officials of the British Government and the military attache of the Indian High Commission.
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This is Prime Minister Modi's first visit to Britain since assuming office last year and is also the first Indian Prime Minister to visit the UK in almost a decade.
A tight security blanket has been thrown around the areas where Prime Minister is expected to visit.
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A brief stop to pay tributes at the Mahatma Gandhi statue in Parliament Square will be followed by speeches at the Houses of Parliament and then at the Guildhall in the financial hub of London.
His talks with Cameron will carry on at the British Prime Minister's country residence of Chequers in Buckinghamshire, where he is being hosted overnight.
On Friday, Modi returns to London for a CEOs roundtable which is likely to include representatives from major British companies like Rolls-Royce and Vodafone.
The pomp and ceremony attached to the visit is expected to include a special tricolour flypast by the Red Arrows Royal Air Force (RAF) Aerobatic Team over Buckingham Palace before the Prime Minister sits down for lunch with Queen Elizabeth II on Friday afternoon. He will then go to Wembley Stadium in north London for the mega diaspora reception.
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He leaves for Ankara to attend the G20 summit on Saturday after inaugurating a new statue of 12th century philosopher Basaveshwara as well as a new Ambedkar memorial in London.
A visit to the Tata Motors' owned Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) factory in Solihull, in the West Midlands region of England, will be the last item on his UK agenda.
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"My visit to UK is the first prime ministerial visit in almost a decade. I have had the opportunity to meet Prime Minister David Cameron at various international forums and our meetings have been productive. Prime Minister Cameron is a good friend of India's, and we in India have had the privilege of welcoming him thrice during his first term as Prime Minister," Modi had written in a Facebook post ahead of the visit.
