Lord Ahmad is expected to meet the Indian Minister of
Minority Affairs, Abbas Naqvi; Minister of Textiles,
and of Women and Child Development, Smriti Irani; and
Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, and
of Information and Broadcasting, Prakash Javadekar,
amongst others.
Arriving in New Delhi, Lord Ahmad said:
I am delighted to be here in India, a place that
holds a special place in my heart. The UK aspires to
be a Force for Good around the world and I look
forward to strengthening our collaboration with India
on global challenges that are threatening our world,
in particular, climate change and gender equality.
As we leave the European Union, our partnership with
India across an array of sectors from trade and
education, to climate change and the rule of law will
be more important than ever. I am keen while I am
here to also build on the Living Bridge of
people-to-people links that bind our two countries so
closely.
Lord Ahmad will also lay a wreath at Raj Ghat, meet the
winner of the British High Commission New Delhi’s ‘High
Commissioner for a Day’ competition and visit Jamia
Milia Islamia University to speak to students about
climate change, inter-faith, diversity and equality in
India and the UK.
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is a
conservative life peer in the UK’s House of Lords.
He is the Minister of State for the Commonwealth,
UN and South Asia at the Foreign and Commonwealth
Office and Prime Minister’s Special Representative
on Preventing Sexual Violence in Conflict.
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Lord Ahmad’s mother was born in Jodhpur, Rajasthan
and his father in Gurdaspur, Punjab.
