India-UK Joint Statement: 9 October 2025

India-UK Joint Statement (9 October 2025)

1.At the invitation of Hon’ble Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi, the Rt Hon Sir Keir Starmer MP, Hon’ble Prime Minister of the United Kingdom paid an official go to to India from 08-09 October 2025. Prime Minister Starmer was accompanied by a high-level delegation together with Secretary of State for Business and Trade and President of the Board of Trade the Rt Hon Peter Kyle MP, Secretary of State for Scotland the Rt Hon Douglas Alexander MP, Minister for Investment Mr. Jason Stockwood, and 125 CEOs, entrepreneurs, college Vice Chancellors and cultural leaders.

2.This is Prime Minister Starmer’s first official go to to India. The go to follows the go to of Prime Minister of India to the United Kingdom on 23–24 July 2025, throughout which either side signed the historic India–UK Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) and adopted the India – UK Vision 2035 and a Defence Industrial Roadmap.

3.Prime Minister Modi and Prime Minister Starmer delivered keynote addresses on the Global Fintech Fest in Mumbai on 09 October 2025. The Leaders held restricted in addition to delegation-level talks in Mumbai on 09 October 2025, the place they expressed satisfaction on the upward trajectory of the India-UK Comprehensive Strategic Partnership and reaffirmed frequent dedication to international peace, stability, and a rules-based worldwide order. They additionally mentioned international and regional problems with mutual pursuits.

Growth

4.The Prime Ministers welcomed the assembly of the CEO Forum in Mumbai on the sidelines of the India-UK Summit. Both leaders appeared ahead to the ratification of the India–UK Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) as early as doable to understand its advantages.

5.The Prime Ministers additionally welcomed the re-setting of the Joint Economic and Trade Committee (JETCO) which can help the governance and utilisation of the CETA and drive ahead our wider commerce and funding partnership.

6.The sturdy enterprise delegation accompanying UK Prime Minister demonstrated the alternatives for funding in each nations within the focus sectors of building, infrastructure and clear power, superior manufacturing, defence, schooling, sport, tradition, monetary {and professional} enterprise companies, science, expertise and innovation, client items and meals. The current UK India Infrastructure Financing Bridge (UKIIFB), between NITI Aayog and City of London Corporation, is an instance of our shared ambitions for sustainable development.

7.Both Prime Ministers reiterated their dedication to enhancing connectivity and enhancing cooperation within the aviation sector and welcomed that either side are discussing the renewal of India-UK Air Services Agreement, together with different aviation associated issues. This offers a possibility for each nations for nearer cooperation throughout the aerospace sector.

Technology and Innovation

8.The Prime Ministers of India and the United Kingdom reaffirmed their shared dedication to harnessing frontier applied sciences to drive inclusive financial development, strengthen nationwide safety, and form the way forward for international innovation. Building on the landmark Technology Security Initiative (TSI), each leaders welcomed the tangible progress made throughout crucial and rising applied sciences, together with telecommunications, crucial minerals, AI, and well being tech.

9.Under the TSI, the leaders expressed happiness on the institution of:

• The India–UK Connectivity and Innovation Centre, a joint hub centered on creating AI native community for 6G, Non-Terrestrial Networks (NTNs), and cyber safety for telecoms, with at the very least £24m of joint funding within the first section of the venture.
• The India–UK Joint Centre for AI, advancing accountable and reliable AI throughout well being, local weather, fintech, and engineering biology.
• UK – India Critical Minerals Processing and Downstream Collaboration Guild to construct concrete partnerships which strengthen and diversify crucial mineral provide chains and ship funding and development in each nations. We additionally announce Phase 2 of the UK-India Critical Minerals Supply Chain Observatory to broaden Mineral protection, additional combine superior applied sciences, unlock new bilateral funding alternatives and set up a brand new satellite tv for pc campus at IIT-ISM Dhanbad.

10.The UK and India proceed to work collectively to advance biotechnology with strategic partnerships being signed between establishments like Centre for Process Innovation (CPI) UK and Biotechnology Research and Innovation Council (BRIC) establishments in India, Henry Royce Institute (HRI) and Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Oxford Nanopore Technologies (ONT) and BRIC – Centre for DNA Fingerprinting and Diagnostics (BRIC-CDFD), to ship transformative outcomes in Biomanufacturing, 3D Bioprinting, and Genomics.

Defence and Security

11.The Leaders agreed to broaden bilateral exchanges between the armed forces of India and UK via joint workouts, coaching and capability constructing. Prime Minister Modi welcomed the port name of UK’s Carrier Strike Group and the Royal Navy’s train KONKAN with the Indian Navy. Both sides dedicated to sturdy maritime safety collaboration within the Indo-Pacific, together with institution of the Regional Maritime Security Centre of Excellence (RMSCE) underneath the Indo-Pacific Oceans Initiative (IPOI).

12.In the context of cooperation on coaching, the 2 Leaders welcomed progress on an association that may see Indian Air Force Qualified Flying Instructors built-in into UK Royal Air Force coaching, alongside an settlement that may facilitate our sturdy coaching and schooling relationship.

13.Both Prime Ministers are happy to verify the intent to finalise an India – UK Inter-Governmental Agreement (IGA) on cooperation in creating maritime electrical propulsion techniques for the Indian Naval platforms.

14.Both leaders additionally introduced the settlement to proceed through authorities to authorities route on an preliminary provide of the Lightweight Multirole Missile (LMM) techniques. This will additional help India’s air defence capabilities and, within the spirit of Atmanirbhar Bharat, meet the present and future necessities of the Indian Ministry of Defence, and help a long-term collaboration on advanced weapons between our two nations.

15.The two Prime Ministers unequivocally and strongly condemned terrorism and violent extremism in all its varieties and manifestations. They known as for zero tolerance for terrorism and concerted worldwide efforts to fight terrorism in a complete and sustained method, in accordance with the UN Charter and worldwide regulation. They agreed to counter radicalisation and violent extremism; fight financing of terrorism and the cross-border motion of terrorists; forestall exploitation of recent and rising applied sciences for terrorist functions; deal with terrorist recruitment; improve cooperation in info sharing, judicial co-operation, capability constructing; and strengthen bilateral and multilateral co-operation in these spheres, on the UN and FATF. They condemned within the strongest phrases the April 2025 terrorist assault in Pahalgam, Jammu and Kashmir. They dedicated to strengthen co-operation to take decisive and concerted actions towards globally proscribed terrorists, terror entities and their sponsors.

Climate and Energy

16.The Leaders reaffirmed the significance of collaboration to attain net-zero objectives. The Prime Ministers welcomed the ‘India-UK Climate Finance Initiative’ to allow scaling up of local weather finance, unlocking inexperienced development and new funding alternatives for each nations. They introduced a brand new joint funding within the Climate Tech Start-up Fund. This strategic initiative underneath the MoU between the UK Government and State Bank of India will improve help for revolutionary entrepreneurs working in frontier sectors resembling local weather expertise and AI, driving innovation and fostering development.

17.The Leaders welcomed the institution of Offshore Wind Taskforce. They reiterated their intent to discover prospects for working collectively underneath the Global Clean Power Alliance (GCPA).

Education, Culture and People to People

18.The leaders underlined the significance of youth, cultural and academic exchanges in shaping the way forward for the bilateral relationship. They expressed dedication to the primary Annual Ministerial Strategic Education Dialogue, and the implementation of the Programme of Cultural Co-operation signed by each Ministers of Culture in May 2025.

19.Acknowledging schooling as a key space of bilateral cooperation either side expressed happiness on the progress in opening of campuses of 9 main UK universities in India. The University of Southampton has welcomed its inaugural cohort of Indian college students to its campus in Gurugram. The University Grants Commission has additionally handed over Letters of Intent (LoI) for institution of department campuses of University of Liverpool, University of York, University of Aberdeen and University of Bristol in India. Further, Queens University of Belfast and Coventry University have been authorised to open their department campus in GIFT City. During the go to, Indian authorities additionally handed over the LoIs for opening of campus of Lancaster University in Bengaluru and in-principle approval for opening campus of University of Surrey in GIFT City.

20.The Prime Ministers expressed their dedication to proceed implementing the Migration and Mobility Partnership (MMP). While noting the progress in cooperation for curbing irregular migration, either side reiterated their dedication to proceed collaborating on this area.

21.Both Leaders recognised the Indian diaspora within the United Kingdom as a residing bridge between the 2 nations and appreciated its contribution to strengthening bilateral financial, cultural, and societal hyperlinks. The Leaders acknowledged the potential of the UK-India Programme of Cultural Cooperation to carry collectively the expertise in each nations within the areas of Culture, Creative Industries, Arts, Tourism and Sports.

Regional and Multilateral Cooperation

22.The Prime Ministers reiterated their shared dedication to international peace, prosperity and rules-based worldwide order. They agreed to work carefully in selling reformed multilateralism, together with reform of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC). The UK reiterated its long-standing help for India’s respectable aspirations for everlasting membership in a reformed UNSC.

23.The Leaders acknowledged that the shared values of two.5 billion peoples unfold throughout numerous geographies constituting the Commonwealth was its energy. They agreed to work carefully within the areas of Climate Change, Sustainable Development, and Youth Engagement with the brand new management on the Commonwealth Organisation.

24.The two Prime Ministers expressed help for a simply and lasting peace in Ukraine in accordance with worldwide regulation, together with the UN Charter. They welcomed the continuing diplomatic efforts by varied nations to attain this.

25.They reiterated their dedication to peace and stability within the Middle East, calling for restraint, safety of civilians and to adjust to worldwide regulation, and chorus from taking actions that would additional escalate the state of affairs and compromise regional stability. They expressed their help for the US peace plan for Gaza and their dedication to working with regional companions to safe an instantaneous and lasting ceasefire, the discharge of the hostages and the supply of humanitarian help, and their shared dedication to a long-lasting and simply peace as a step in the direction of a Two-State resolution, with a secure and safe Israel, alongside a viable Palestinian state.

26.Prime Minister Starmer thanked Prime Minister Modi for the heat and hospitality prolonged to him and members of his delegation. The go to reaffirmed the sturdy development and constructive trajectory of the India – UK Comprehensive Strategic Partnership which is constructed upon shared democratic values and deep and enduring bonds of friendship between the 2 nations.