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Diwali Celebrations, Bhagvad Gita: Britain's Supreme Envoy to Rishi Sunak's India Link.
British High Commissioner for India Alexander Ellis said on Monday that within days of his appointment as British Prime Minister, British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak hosted a Diwali reception, showing how much the UK h...
Updated: 40 months ago3 min read
British High Commissioner for India Alexander Ellis said on Monday that within days of his appointment as British Prime Minister, British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak hosted a Diwali reception, showing how much the UK has changed. UK and how much it has changed in the last generation. I have spoken to some of my key contacts and friends here who have told me I could never believe that someone of South East Asian origin could become Prime Minister of the UK. Well, now of course they have," he said on an ANI podcast."Sunak knows India well, partly from his family history, partly also through his wife. And he is very interested in India, we already had several appointments with PM Modi, they met and talked on the phone," he said. Ellis discusses Sunak's ties to India. Speaking about how Sunak took an oath on the Bhagvad Gita when he was sworn in as an MP, Ellis said: "This is a man who swears to become a Member of Parliament. The book he swears is the Bhagvad Gita, tells you about Parliament from the UK today.
India has the potential to address 'big world problems': Ellis
Ellis also said India's G20 presidency is an "opportunity" to tell the story of a "new and modern India", while stressing that it has the potential to address some of the "big problems of the world".
The British envoy stressed that India has the power of persuasion to bring together the fractured group of countries to break through and address today's problems "Technology plays a role in development," he said. Prime Minister Narendra Modi described India's agenda at the G-20 as " Inclusive, Ambitious, Action-oriented".
He added: "During our G20 presidency, we will present India's experiences, insights and models as potential models for others, especially the developing world."Ellis underscored the potential of India, saying, "It is an opportunity to tell the story of India and the story of new India and modern India. So I am glad that India has the presidency and we will absolutely support it." trying to find answers to these questions, but it is a difficult question, there is a lot of ambition, it is difficult to do it at the same time. " Alexander Ellis said that India is a powerful country and has the ability to speak to many different nations, which he stressed is "extremely useful" at this time.
He stressed that the world is facing a number of problems, including climate change sustainability and public healthIndia will hold the G20 Presidency from 1 December 2022 to 30 November 2023. "I am very pleased that India has the G20 presidency. They had Harsh Shringla the other day because India is a powerful country, an increasingly powerful country," the High Commissioner said.
Speaking of India's G20 presidency, Ellis said: "It's a country that has the ability to talk to a lot of different countries and I think that's extremely useful right now because you're in a world where there's there are big global issues, we talked about the sustainability of climate change, we also talked about public health. "In a divided world and in the age of geopolitical competition, you have to deal with big issues where you have a fragmented group of countries, but I think India has the compelling power to unite these countries to try a breakthrough," he added.
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