The British High Commissioner to India, James Bevan, has met with Gujarat’s chief minister, Narendra Modi, ending a 10-year boycott of the controversial minister.
Modi was accused of complicity in riots that killed over 1,000 Muslims in 2002, with several Western governments suspending ties with him.
The UK has now changed this policy and said its interests are better served by engagement.
Britain has one of the largest expatriate Gujarati populations and several British companies are investing in the north-western state, wihch is one of the economically more successful states of India.
Human rights groups and the relatives of three British citizens, who were killed by the Hindu mobs, have criticised the renewed engagement.
