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While praising India, Gordon Brown, the Prime Minister of Britain said the nation is a “modern global success story" that is moving on the path to prosperity.
In an article referring to the 60th anniversary of India turning into a republic, Brown said "The astonishing pace of change, the dynamism and excitement that it is generating and the potential to do great things is a tribute to all Indians".
In Asian Lite magazine’s article, Brown also said "The long march to liberty is now being matched by the rapid march towards prosperity".
According to Brown, present-day Britain "simply wouldn't be the same without our strong bond with India and the enormous part played by the Indian community."
"The relationship of one of the world's oldest democracies with one of the largest owes its foundations to our proud historic ties.” “But it thrives now - as a partnership of equals - on our shared values and our faith in free institutions, free markets and free societies."
About his meetings with eminent Indian people during a Diwali reception organized at 10 Downing Street in October, the British Premier said that it "reminded me again of the deep respect and enduring friendship of our two nations."
He also added that "For many years now our public services, professions, businesses and cultural and creative industries have been enriched by the Indian community.”
"The Britain-India link is central to our shared prosperity and people of Indian origin here are part of the very fabric of modern British society."
The Economic Times
January 21, 2010
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