According to Downing Street, British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak talked with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday afternoon, during which both leaders highlighted the need to “de-escalate” tensions and the need of safeguarding innocent people in the Israel-Gaza conflict.
The conversation focused on the situation in the Middle East, but it also touched on bilateral ties and progress towards a “ambitious” accord in the current India-UK free trade agreement (FTA) discussions.
“The leaders discussed the deeply distressing situation in the Middle East and condemned Hamas’s attacks on Israel,” a Downing Street official said in a summary of the phone chat.
