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UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson achieved progress on a post-Brexit trade deal with India, but failed to apply pressure on counterpart Narendra Modi to stand up to Russian President Vladimir Putin.
The UK PM told negotiators to get a free trade agreement done by Diwali, in October, as he celebrated a ‘massive push’ during their meeting in New Delhi on Friday.
But he accepted he did not try to encourage Modi to go further in dropping India's neutrality over the Russian president's invasion of Ukraine.
Johnson's two-day trip was dogged by questions over the deepening partygate scandal, with a Tory rebellion leading to a Commons investigation being opened into his alleged lying.
But he insisted he would still be prime minister by Diwali, on October 24, which he set as a date for trade deal negotiators to ‘get it done’.
source: PA
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