Prime Minister Narendra Modi who is set to embark on his three-day maiden visit to United Kingdom next month will have lunch with Queen Elizabeth at Buckingham Palace in London.
According to reports, PM Modi is likely to start his schedule in UK with a meeting with Prime Minister David Cameron at 10 Downing Street. Both the PMs are likely to discuss host of issues including Af-Pak situation, fight against international terrorism, rise of ISIS, West Asia crisis and climate change challenges ahead of Paris meet. He will address to Members of both House of Commons and Lords, Indian diaspora at iconic Wembley Stadium.
He (Cameron) has a very warm relationship with the Indian PM. This visit will demonstrate the strength of that unbeatable combination of our two leaders,” said Priti Patel, Cameron’s Indian Diaspora Champion and employment minister who will play a central role during the visit.
The British side is keen to highlight the warmth of the relationship between the two countries, which comes soon after the pomp and ceremony attached to the state visit of Chinese President Xi Jinping earlier this month.
While a ceremonial ride in a gilded carriage with the Queen associated with an official state visit will be missing for Modi, the more intimate setting of a lunch with Her Majesty on the afternoon of November 13 is being stressed upon as an indication of the closeness of the ties between India and the UK.
Soon after Buckingham Palace, Modi will arrive for his Olympic-style welcome at Wembley Stadium, which has been sold out as the public registration process came to a close last night.
“The event is the highlight of Prime Minister Modi’s visit to the United Kingdom next month and we have had an unprecedented response. People from all over the UK have applied for a seat, the youngest being two years old and the oldest is 92,” said a spokesperson for the Europe India Forum (EIF), the organisers of the ‘Two Great Nations. One Glorious Future’ event to be attended by over 60,000 people.
