The Prime Minister warned against ‘artificial deadlines’ for agreements.
A free trade deal with India is “not a given”, Rishi Sunak has said, as he insisted that securing an agreement was not on the top of his agenda for his G20 visit.
Speaking to reporters on his flight from London to the Indian capital, the Conservative Party leader said he did not want to “sacrifice quality for speed”. “Every time I see prime minister Modi it is something we check in at but that is not the main purpose of this visit and this trip.Rishi Sunak and Narendra Modi at a previous G20 meeting in Indonesia
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