- The first two plus two meeting was organized between India and Britain in October 2023.
- This meeting was held in New Delhi.
- The Indian delegation to the India-UK 2+2 Foreign and Defense Meeting was co-chaired by Piyush Srivastava, Joint Secretary in the Ministry of External Affairs, and Vishvesh Negi, Joint Secretary in the Ministry of Defence.
- In this, along with reviewing the current geopolitical events, measures to further strengthen all aspects of the bilateral strategic partnership were discussed.
- It expressed happiness over the progress made in various areas of the India-UK Roadmap 2030, including political exchanges, economic cooperation, defense and security, people-to-people relations as well as regional and multilateral cooperation.
- Both sides also discussed the prospects for further cooperation, particularly in the areas of trade and investment, defence, critical and emerging technologies, civil aviation, health, energy, culture and strengthening people-to-people ties.
