The UK-India relationship is going from strength to strength, with the India-UK 2030 Roadmap continuing to set a positive trajectory for UK-India relations: trade, and defence and security form two of the five pillars of that agreement. We are working towards an ambitious and balanced FTA and will only sign when we have a deal that is in the best interests of the British people and the economy. We are working to tackle joint challenges in cyber, space, crime and terrorism while also working together to deliver advanced security capabilities through joint research, co-design, co-development and joint production of defence technology and systems.

Both the Prime Minister and Foreign Secretary have recently reaffirmed our long-term commitment to the Indo-Pacific region and ambition to strengthen defence, security and trade. The UK continues to deepen our strong bilateral partnerships across the region such as through the UK-India Comprehensive Strategic Partnership, the UK-Indonesia Partnership Roadmap to 2024 and a Bilateral Framework with Republic of Korea.

As an ASEAN Dialogue Partner, we will deepen our cooperation with ASEAN and have negotiated a joint Plan of Action with ASEAN for the next 5 years.

The UK has secured free trade agreements with Australia and New Zealand, and has signed free trade deals with Singapore, Vietnam, the Republic of Korea and Japan, which sets the standards in removing friction and increasing confidence in digital trade. We also intend to be the first European country to accede to the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership. The UK continues to build long-term defence, industrial and technological partnerships through agreements including AUKUS, with Australia and the USA, and we continue to work on closer collaboration on combat air programmes with Japan.

We have a strong and close relationship with the Republic of Korea. Next year we will celebrate the 140th anniversary of our diplomatic ties. We want ROK to be one of our key partners in the region and support its ambition to be a Global Pivotal State, taking a greater role on the international stage. In June, we agreed a Bilateral Framework for Closer Co-operation to further strengthen our relationship, including in defence, security and trade, as set out in a Joint Statement following the Foreign Secretary's Strategic Dialogue with Foreign Minister Park Jin in September. Among other things, we are committed to: increasing the interoperability of our defence forces through increased exercises, negotiating a Maritime Partnership and renegotiating our Free Trade Agreement.

The UK-Japan bilateral relationship is a strong and wide-ranging partnership. It is an increasingly deep and broad relationship, encompassing close collaboration in areas from security and defence to science and innovation, supported by regular Ministerial and official visits to and from Japan.

Our economic relationship is going from strength to strength following the agreement of our bilateral Free Trade Agreement (FTA) in 2020, which we are now seeking to implement in full. UK accession to the Comprehensive and Progressive Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) would accelerate trade cooperation even further.

In the security and defence space, Japan and the UK have agreed in principle the Reciprocal Access Agreement (RAA) and we continue to work on closer collaboration on combat air programmes. As fellow members of the G7 and ahead of Japan's G7 Presidency next year, we look forward to continuing to grow the UK-Japan relationship.