India United Kingdom Relations and India UK Friendship
India’s bilateral relations and friendship with the UK has intensified since its upgradation to a strategic partnership in 2004. There have been continuous exchanges of visits at the level of Prime Minister. The visit of PM David Cameron to India in July 2010 saw the relations elevated to ‘Enhanced Partnership for the Future’. The UK supports permanent membership of India in the UNSC and is also an important interlocutor for India in the EU, G8, G20 and global contexts. UK COALITION GOVERNMENT’S APPROACH TOWARDS INDIA 2. The new coalition government in the UK led by Prime Minister David Cameron has called for a ‘new special relationship’ with India. This phrase was first used by David Cameron during his visit to India in October 2006 and then had found expression in the Conservative Party manifesto and subsequently the ‘Coalition Programme’. The Queen’s speech on 25 May 2010 mentioned about the desire of an ‘enhanced partnership’ with India. VISIT OF UKPM DAVID CAMERON TO INDI...