Former British Prime Minister David Cameron today remembered Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s event at London’s Wembley Stadium in 2015 and said it was “something you won’t forget”.
PM Modi addressed thousands of members of the Indian community at Wembley Stadium during his UK visit in November 2015.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi with David Cameron during the event at Wembley Stadium in 2015
Speaking at the NDTV World Summit 2024, Mr Cameron said that in the UK, if you are lucky as the Prime Minister or a party leader, you can talk to 3,000-4,000 people at your party conference.
“But going to Wembley Stadium and introducing Prime Minister Modi, where he was speaking to 85,000 people, was a big occasion,” he said.
He also said that in his introduction at that event he had said that his Conservative Party – which gave Britain its first female PM (Margaret Thatcher) – would one day give the country its first British-Indian Prime Minister.
“When I said that I didn’t know there was a young man in the back row who was Rishi Sunak. He was there that day,” Mr Cameron said.
Rishi Sunak, 44, served as the first Indian-origin Prime Minister of Britain from October 2022 to July 2024.
“India has the credibility to mediate in Ukraine war”: David Cameron
David Cameron, speaking at the NDTV World Summit today, said that India can play an important role in reducing the ongoing war between Russia and Ukraine.
“India has the credibility to be a mediator in the Ukraine war,” he said at the event.
More than two and a half years into the war, there are still no signs of a breakthrough in ceasefire talks in the Russia-Ukraine conflict.
“India may be in a position to mediate but it must ensure that Russian President Vladimir Putin is not allowed to take territory by force,” Mr Cameron said.
He also said that the world needs India’s perspective on the challenges it faces and the country should get a permanent seat in the United Nations Security Council.
“You are seeing the rise of India, which will probably become the world’s largest economy at some stage in this century. So, obviously, we need a reset and countries like India need to be at the center of that,” he said. “
