Starmer Declines to Say If He Plans to Press Modi on Close Links With Putin

Starmer Declines to Say If He Plans to Press Modi on Close Links With Putin
Billboards featuring a photo of Sir Keir Starmer and Narendra Modi shaking hands were installed around Mumbai to welcome the Prime Minister to India. Leon Neal/PA
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Sir Keir Starmer has declined to say whether he will press Narendra Modi about India’s relationship with Russia when the two leaders meet on Thursday.

Mr Modi is facing sanctions from U.S. President Donald Trump over his country’s continued purchase of Russian oil, all while the West tightens the screw of sanctions on Moscow.