[holding answer 7 May 2009]: My right hon. Friend the Foreign Secretary visited India on 13-15 January 2009. During his visit he met with his Indian counterpart, External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee. They discussed the challenge which both the UK and India face from international terrorism, and the importance of strengthening bilateral counter terrorism cooperation.
We expect to further strengthen this co-operation through the second meeting of the Indo-UK Joint Working Group on Counter-Terrorism, due at the end of 2009. This group is the result of a Prime Ministerial agreement at the UK-India Summit held in January 2008.