Ending a ten-year boycott of Gujarat after the 2002 riots, Britain today made its first engagement with the state when High Commissioner James Bevan met Chief Minister Narendra Modi. Bevan drove in to the state Secretariat complex to meet Modi with a small delegation. "The meeting continued for about 50 minutes," official sources said. After the meeting, Bevan drove away to meet Governor Kamla Beniwal. It was immediately not known what transpired in the meeting. On October 11, the UK had announced ending a 10-year boycott of Narendra Modi government imposed after the 2002 riots.

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