India, UK discuss co-operation on counter-terrorism

New Delhi, Jul 5 (PTI) India and the UK Tuesday
discussed ways to strengthen bilateral co-operation in
counter-terrorism, policing, homeland security issues and key
priorities in taking forward the enhanced partnership.
The issues were discussed by Jeremy Browne, UK Foreign
Office Minister, who is here on a two-day visit, during his
meetings with Indian Home Minister P Chidambarm and Minister
of State for External Affairs Preneet Kaur.
Browne's visit is the latest in a series by British
ministers and comes a few days after bilateral meetings
between Indian External Affairs Minister S M Krishna and his
British counterpart William Hague in the UK last week.
Noting that the visit underlines the UK's strong and
on-going commitment to build enhanced ties with India, a
British High Commission release said Browne, in-charge of
South Asia in British Foreign Office, met Chidambaram to
discuss how to strengthen UK-India co-operation in
counter-terrorism, policing and other homeland security
issues.
He also met his ministerial counterpart in the MEA,
Preneet Kaur, and discussed the key priorities in taking
forward the UK-India enhanced partnership.
"As Minister for South Asia and for emerging powers, I
am delighted to be in India. Like my ministerial colleagues
before me, I am here to make my contribution to the enhanced
partnership between the UK and India that Prime Ministers
(David) Cameron and (Manmohan) Singh set out a year ago.
"Much has been achieved since then and much remains to
be done. I am particularly pleased to be the first British
Minister from the coalition to visit West Bengal," he said on
his arrival here.