NEW DELHI, Feb. 20 -- Trade and economic cooperation and bolstering people-to-people ties will top the agenda for external affairs minister S Jaishankar's week-long visit to the United Kingdom and Ireland next month, people familiar with the matter said.

Jaishankar is set to travel to Britain and Ireland during March 3-9, days after the planned relaunch of negotiations on the India-UK free trade agreement (FTA) in New Delhi, the people said on condition of anonymity. This will also be the first high-level visit to Ireland since 2015, when Prime Minister Narendra Modi travelled to Dublin.

Besides the focus on bolstering trade and economic ties with both countries, the visit will see the inauguration of India's new consulate in Belfast, t...