Nirmala Sitharaman Meets Former UK PM Rishi Sunak In Delhi

Union Minister for Finance and Corporate Affairs Nirmala Sitharaman met former UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak in Delhi on Tuesday and the two discussed potential new avenues to strengthen market-based financial ties and drive economic growth.

The Finance Minister stressed the importance of leveraging the Commonwealth to bring issues of mutual interest to the G7 agenda for the benefit of the Global South.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi had earlier emphasised India's commitment to advocating the priorities and concerns of the Global South in his address at an Outreach session of the G7 summit in Italy's Apulia region in June.