Indian PM to visit Britain next week

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Britain next week, sources said Friday.

"Modi will arrive in London on November 12. During his three-day visit, he is slated to have a luncheon meeting with Queen Elizabeth II and British Prime Minister David Cameron," sources said.

The Indian prime minister will also attend a reception that is to be hosted by the speaker of the British Parliament and interact with Indian-origin British lawmakers.

Meanwhile, British Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond has said that "there will be a package of deliverables announced while the Indian Prime Minister is in London next week."

"As the Indian economy has a very large and important private sector, many of the deals will be commercial and private sector deals rather than government to government deals," he said. Enditem