British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has accepted India's "very generous" invite to be the Republic Day chief guest at celebrations in New Delhi next month, UK's Foreign Secretary said today, calling it a "a great honour". As per news report of NDTV, this will be Boris Johnson's "first major bilateral visit" since he took charge last year, his office highlighted.
New Delhi, 15 December 2020
"I am absolutely delighted to be visiting India next year at the start of an exciting year for Global Britain, and look forward to delivering the quantum leap in our bilateral relationship that Prime Minister (Narendra) Modi and I have pledged to achieve," the British PM said in a statement.
