UK Foreign Secretary to unveil new Tech Envoy post on India visit

UK Foreign Secretary James Cleverly will announce the first Tech Envoy to the strategically important Indo-Pacific, charged with boosting tech and economic ties with India and the wider region.

The minister will arrive in New Delhi on Wednesday ahead of the G20 Foreign Ministers meeting and is scheduled to hold talks with his counterpart, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar, to discuss progress on the UK-India 2030 Roadmap clinched in 2021 to bolster bilateral ties across defence, security, and business and trade.

The UK Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) said Cleverly is also set to reaffirm the UK’s commitment to conclude a free trade agreement (FTA) with India during an India-Europe business event in Delhi.