Rishi Sunak will be a fantastic Prime Minister, says UK Foreign Secretary James Cleverly

NEW DELHI: UK Foreign Secretary James Cleverly on Saturday said that he is excited to work with the newly appointed British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, saying that the first non-white head will make "fantastic Prime Minister."

"Very very exciting working with Rishi. I know he will be a fantastic Prime Minister," Cleverly told reporters in the national capital.

The UK Foreign Secretary today addressed the counter terrorism meeting and stressed the need to curb the exploitation of emerging technologies and starving terrorists of the vital funds used in terror activities.

Speaking at the United Nations Security Council Counter-Terrorism Committee, he called on countries to work together to fight online terrorism - including global terror recruitment campaigns and live streaming of attacks.

"Within the space of two decades, terrorists have gone from circulating crackly voice recordings from the depths of Tora Bora, to global online recruitment and incitement campaigns, to live-streaming attacks," he said.

"The Prime Minister said he was a visual representation of the historic links between the UK and India, and intended to build on this relationship to develop ever closer ties between our two countries," the UK PM office said in a statement.

Discussing the global challenges, the first Indian origin UK PM praised Modi's leadership in tackling climate change and the leaders welcomed opportunities to bolster our security, defence and economic partnership.

Sunak hoped the UK and India could continue to make good progress in negotiations to finalise a comprehensive Free Trade Agreement. (ANI)

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