{"id":54997,"date":"2015-03-11T11:03:00","date_gmt":"2015-03-11T11:03:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?guid=0808532c120801d122f95ae362659178"},"modified":"2015-03-11T11:03:00","modified_gmt":"2015-03-11T11:03:00","slug":"news-story-foreign-secretary-visits-india-ahead-of-gandhi-statue-unveiling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?p=54997","title":{"rendered":"News story: Foreign Secretary visits India ahead of Gandhi statue unveiling"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Foreign Secretary will reiterate the Prime Minister\u2019s invitation for the Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to visit the UK, and will focus on deepening the warm relationship between India and the UK for the security and growth of both countries. <\/p>\n

In Chandigarh, Mr Hammond will open the new British Deputy High Commission, attend the first meeting of the British Business Group, and meet with the Chief Ministers of Punjab and Haryana. <\/p>\n

Mr Hammond will then travel to Delhi, visiting the Gandhi Darshan museum on the 85th anniversary of Gandhi\u2019s departure from Kankipur to begin the Salt March. He will meet with the Indian Minister for External Affairs, Sushma Swaraj and the Finance Minister, Arun Jaitley. <\/p>\n

The Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond said:<\/p>\n

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I am delighted to be making my first visit to India as Foreign Secretary. The UK\u2019s partnership with India is indispensable for both our countries\u2019 prosperity and security.<\/p>\n

Our partnership is deeply rooted in our overlapping histories, cultures and values. This Saturday, the long-awaited statue of Mahatma Gandhi in London\u2019s Parliament Square will unite citizens from both our democracies in admiration for his teaching of civil rights and non-violence.<\/p>\n

I am particularly pleased to be opening our new Deputy High Commission in Chandigarh. The UK now has more diplomatic missions in India than any other nation does, and more than it has in any other country \u2013 a sure sign of the great importance we place on our relationship.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Further information<\/h3>\n

The UK\u2019s diplomatic missions in India are a High Commission in Delhi; and Deputy High Commissions in Ahmedabad; Bangalore; Chandigarh; Chennai; Hyderabad; Kolkata; and Mumbai. There is also a Trade Office in Pune and a Tourist Information Office in Goa.<\/p>\n

Follow the Foreign Secretary on twitter @PHammondMP<\/a><\/p>\n

Follow the Foreign Office on twitter @foreignoffice<\/a><\/p>\n

Follow the Foreign Office on facebook<\/a> and Google+<\/a><\/p>\n

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Philip Hammond will visit Chandigarh and Delhi ahead of this weekend\u2019s unveiling of the long-awaited statue of Gandhi in Parliament Square, London.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54997"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=54997"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54997\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=54997"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=54997"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=54997"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}