 New Delhi, Jul 26 : British Prime Minister David Cameron will arrive in Bangalore tomorrow on a three-day State visit, his first to India after being sworn in on May 11, for discussions with Indian leaders.
Mr Cameron, accompanied by a big ministerial delegation, will visit the Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd (HAL), Infosys and the Narayana Health City on the first leg of his visit to Karnataka capital.
He will also have a meeting with Governor H R Bharadwaj before arriving in New Delhi for official engagements on July 29, the External Affairs Ministry announced here today.
The British Prime Minister will be accompanied by Mr William Hague, Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, Mr George Osborne, Chancellor of the Exchequer, Dr Vincent Cable, Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, Mr Jeremy Hunt, Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, Mr David Wiletts, Minister of State (MoS) for Universities and Science, Mr Gregory Barker, MoS for Deptt for Energy and Climate Change and Sir Peter Ricketts, National Security Advisor.
The Ministers would also separately visit Chennai, Mumbai and Bangalore before joining the Prime Minister in New Delhi.
The Prime Minister wil also be accompanied by a delegation including CEOs of leading business houses, Vice Chancellors of reputed universities, other dignitaries and senior officials.
Besides the delegation-level talks with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Mr Cameron will call on President Pratibha Devisingh Patil and Vice-President Hamid Ansari.
External Affairs Minister S M Krishna and Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha Sushma Swaraj will call on him.
The business delegation accompanying Mr Cameron will participate in business events organised by CII/FICCI/ASSOCHAM here, the External Affairs Ministry said. --UNI |