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depend on his declared
personal connect with Prime
Minister Narendra Modi to
deliver a “truly special” UK-
India relationship.
In his letter to the Indian
diaspora Tory membership
base, Johnson wrote that,
during his meeting with Modi,
he had stressed upon how
India and UK were modern
democracies and should
work together to promote
trade and prosperity. Johnson
told Modi that the two nations
should work closely to tackle
the challenges that their
countries face.
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Merkel was quoted as
saying by government
spokeswoman Ulrike
Demmer on Twitter.
United States Secretary of
State Mike Pompeo and
Ivanka Trump also wished
Johnson for being elected
as the UK prime minister.
“We congratulate @
BorisJohnson on his election
as the new Prime Minister
of the United Kingdom.
We look forward to making
our #SpecialRelationship
even stronger,” tweeted
Pompeo.”Congratulations @
BorisJohnson on becoming
the next Prime Minister of the
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United Kingdom,” tweeted
Ivanka.
Boris Johnson Has Close
Indian Connection
Boris Johnson’s estranged
wife Marina Wheeler, whom
he married in 1993, is half
Indian. Wheeler is the niece
of the late editor and writer
Khushwant Singh. Prior to
announced their separation
early this year after being
in 25 years of marriage,
Johnson had traveled several
times to India with Marina.
They have four children
together.
Johnson is expected to
The former Mayor of
London and former Foreign
Secretary, 55, has earlier
referred to himself as the
son-in-law of India. Marina’s
mother, Dip Singh, who is
still alive, was married to
Khushwant Singh’s youngest
brother, Daljit Singh.
In a column for The Tribune,
veteran journalist and
Khuswant Singh’s son Rahul
Singh writes that Johnson
visited the Ranthambore tiger
reserve along with Marina
and three of their children last
year. During a family get-
together, Rahul Singh got to
meet Johnson.
“Though I had met him once
before in Mumbai some years
earlier, this was the first time
I got a chance to talk to him
one-to-one, at some length.
I was surprised that he knew
so much about India and its