the pair agreed a new defence deal aimed partly at reducing india s reliance on russia for arms and energy. mrjohnson said a post brexit trade deal could be reached by the autumn. an ambitious timescale, particularly given pressure on the prime minister at westminster. considering the number of party investigations going on back home, are you sure you will still be prime minister then? yes. he dismissed questions about an inquiry into whether he misled parliament. he said people had heard enough. what people want in our country is for the government to get on and focus on the issues on which we were elected, and that s what we re going to do, and i think they ll be interested injobs, growth in the uk. asked about the war in ukraine,
about lockdown parties in downing street, and questions about his leadership. yesterday, mps gave the go ahead to an inquiry into whether borisjohnson misled parliament about the issue. our political correspondent jonathan blake reports. feeling the heat on the world stage, borisjohnson and his counterpart narendra modi met in the glare of the morning sun in delhi on day two of his visit to india. the pair agreed a new defence deal aimed partly at reducing india s reliance on russia for arms and energy. mrjohnson said a post brexit trade deal could be reached by the autumn. an ambitious timescale, particularly given pressure on the prime minister at westminster. considering the number of party investigations going on back home, are you sure you will still be prime minister then? yes. he dismissed questions about an inquiry into whether he misled parliament. he said people had heard enough. what people want in our country
that s to allow warsaw to send its tanks to ukraine, and the prime minister also said british diplomats would soon be returning to the capital. i can announce today that we will very shortly, next week, reopen our embassy in ukraine s capital city. it s been a difficult couple of days for the prime minister, who s now facing an inquiry by mps into whether he misled parliament. you said there ll be a free trade agreement with india by diwali, but considering the number of party investigations going on back home, are you absolutely sure you ll still be prime minister then? ok, the second answer, yes, but. all trade agreements are tricky, to get to your point about trade, ben, and there will be tough asks of both sides, but i m sure we can do it. boris johnson bristles at any mention of parties and political problems he faces back at westminster. he s clearly irritated that it s
feeling the heat on the world stage, borisjohnson and his counterpart narendra modi met in the glare of the morning sun in delhi on day two of his visit to india. the pair agreed a new defence deal aimed partly at reducing india s reliance on russia for arms and energy. mrjohnson said a post brexit trade deal could be reached by the autumn. an ambitious timescale, particularly given pressure on the prime minister at westminster. considering the number of party investigations going on back home, are you sure you will still be prime minister then? yes. he dismissed questions about an inquiry into whether he misled parliament. he said people had heard enough. what people want in our country is for the government to get on and focus on the issues on which we were elected and that is what we are going to do, and i think they will be interested injobs, growth in the uk.
that we will very shortly, next week, reopen our embassy in ukraine s capital city. it s been a difficult couple of days for the prime minister, who is now facing an inquiry by mps into whether he misled parliament. you said there will be a free trade agreement with india by diwali but considering the number of party investigations going on back home, are you absolutely sure you ll still be prime minister then? ok, the second answer is yes but. all trade agreements are tricky, to get to your point about trade, ben, and there will be tough asks of both sides, but i m sure we can do it. boris johnson bristles at any mention of parties and the political problems he faces back at westminster. he is clearly irritated that it s taken the focus away from his efforts to deepen britain s ties with this surging economy. but it s where the party saga goes next that could determine