Prime Minister Theresa May will raise with her Indian counterpart Narendra Modi the issue of six former British soldiers lodged in a Tamil Nadu jail during her upcoming visit to India.
A UK Foreign Office spokesperson on Wednesday confirmed to the families of the ex-soldiers sentenced for carrying arms on a commercial ship that the issue will feature in May’s bilateral talks during her three-day visit to India this Sunday.
“We recognise what a difficult time this is for those involved and we have taken significant action. The PM has been clear that she intends to raise it with PM Modi during her visit next week,” the spokesperson said.
The Foreign Office also highlighted that the Indian-origin Foreign Office Minister for Asia, Alok Sharma, had also “pressed for progress” on the issue during his first official visit to India in July , and again last month.