British Prime Minister Boris Johnson laid a wreath at the Mahatma Gandhi memorial on Friday, the second day of his trip to India.

READ MORE: India and Britain have agreed to boost economic and defense ties that could eventually help New Delhi move away from its dependance on Russian arms.

Following talks in New Delhi between Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his British counterpart, Boris Johnson, who is on a two-day visit to India, the two sides said they will wrap up a free trade deal by October and announced a security partnership.

"We have agreed a new and expanded defense and security partnership, a decades long commitment that will not only forge tighter bonds between us, but support your goal of Make in India," Johnson said, referring to Modi's push to expand domestic manufacturing of weaponry.

Despite pressure from its Western allies, like the United States and Britain, India has taken a neutral position on the Ukraine crisis, refusing to condemn Russia or join sanctions imposed by Western countries.

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