{"id":278139,"date":"2025-07-20T19:42:17","date_gmt":"2025-07-20T19:42:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/278139\/"},"modified":"2025-07-20T19:42:17","modified_gmt":"2025-07-20T19:42:17","slug":"pm-modi-to-visit-uk-maldives-from-july-23-to-26-male-outreach-bilateral-relations-among-agenda-full-schedule-india-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/278139\/","title":{"rendered":"PM Modi to visit UK, Maldives from July 23 to 26: Mal\u00e9 outreach, bilateral relations among agenda – full schedule | India News"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"India-UK NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will undertake a two-nation visit to the United Kingdom and the Maldives from July 23 to 26, the ministry of external affairs (MEA) announced on Sunday. The visit aims to bolster India\u2019s economic, strategic and regional partnerships with both countries.PM Modi will be in the UK on July 23 and 24 at the invitation of British Prime Minister Keir Starmer. This marks his fourth visit to the country and his first since 2018. According to the MEA, PM Modi will hold wide-ranging discussions with Starmer covering trade, defence, climate, innovation, and education. He is also expected to call on King Charles III.<\/p>\n

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Also Read: \u2018Don\u2019t mess with India\u2019: Amit Shah hails PM Modi over Op Sindoor<\/a>During this visit, India and the UK are expected to formally sign the long-pending Free Trade Agreement (FTA), which had been agreed upon in principle earlier this May after nearly three years of negotiations. The deal is likely to eliminate or reduce tariffs on about 99% of Indian exports and provide greater access to the Indian market for British products including whisky, automobiles and financial services.From London, PM Modi will head to the Maldives on July 25 and 26 for a state visit at the invitation of Maldivian President Dr Mohamed Muizzu. He will be the guest of honour at the country\u2019s 60th Independence Day celebrations on July 26, becoming the first foreign head of state or government to visit during President Muizzu\u2019s term.PM Modi and President Muizzu will hold talks on strengthening the India-Maldives partnership. The two leaders will also review progress on the Joint Vision for a \u2018Comprehensive Economic and Maritime Security Partnership,\u2019 adopted during Muizzu\u2019s visit to India in October 2024.The visit comes as both nations look to rebuild ties following a dip in relations over the ‘India Out’ campaign backed by certain elements in the current Maldivian government. The MEA noted that the visit underscores India’s commitment to its \u2018Neighbourhood First\u2019 policy and Vision MAHASAGAR, reaffirming its strategic focus on the Indian Ocean region.PM Modi\u2019s overseas tour will take place during the Monsoon Session of Parliament, which is scheduled to begin on July 21.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will undertake a two-nation visit to the United Kingdom and the Maldives…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":278140,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,4],"tags":[1500,748,104862,393,10818,4884,730,104571,104864,10816,10817,39247,104863,807,1144,104861,104569,104860,712,5685,16,15,1764],"class_list":{"0":"post-278139","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-uk","8":"category-united-kingdom","9":"tag-breaking-news","10":"tag-britain","11":"tag-dr-mohamed-muizzu","12":"tag-england","13":"tag-google-news","14":"tag-great-britain","15":"tag-india","16":"tag-india-maldives-relations","17":"tag-india-neighbourhood-first-policy","18":"tag-india-news","19":"tag-india-news-today","20":"tag-india-uk-free-trade-agreement","21":"tag-indian-ocean-region-strategy","22":"tag-keir-starmer","23":"tag-northern-ireland","24":"tag-pm-modi-july-2023-tour","25":"tag-pm-modi-maldives-visit","26":"tag-pm-modi-uk-visit","27":"tag-scotland","28":"tag-today-news","29":"tag-uk","30":"tag-united-kingdom","31":"tag-wales"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":"Validation failed: Text character limit of 500 exceeded"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/278139","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=278139"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/278139\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/278140"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=278139"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=278139"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=278139"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}