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Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday met his Australian counterpart Anthony Albanese on the margins of the G-20 summit here and discussed ways to further cement the Comprehensive Strategic Partnership with a focus on cooperation in education and innovation sectors. Modi is in Bali to attend the two-day G20 summit which opened here on Tuesday. Sharing photographs of the meeting on Twitter, Modi said he also had discussions with Albanese on increasing trade and maritime co-operation. "Glad to meet PM Albanese. Discussed ways to further cement the Comprehensive Strategic Partnership, with a focus on cooperation in education, innovation and other sectors. We also talked about increasing trade and maritime cooperation. @AlboMP," Modi tweeted. In December 2020, India-Australia bilateral ties touched a new high with the Comprehensive Strategic Partnership, signing key agreements, including a landmark pact for reciprocal access to military bases against the backdrop of their frosty ..
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Promoting India-Australian bilateral trade and investments, Union Minister Nitin Gadkari emphasised on the investing opportunities in India including the transport infrastructure sector
Australia is an important partner for India in terms of security and stability in the Indo-Pacific and working together ensures that this region remains free, open, stable and prosperous, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said on Wednesday. Jaishankar, who is on a two-day visit to Australia, in his address to the Indian community said during the visit he spent time with the Australian military. "They are a very important partner for us today in terms of security and stability in the Indo-Pacific. In fact of the big changes in our relationship is the fact that today we both are members of the Quad mechanism and out working together in many ways ensure that this region remains free, open, stable and prosperous," Jaishankar said. "I have seen again even in the last year how much progress we have made just in the last few weeks. We have had two major exercises in Australia where the Indian military has participated," he said. He said the perception, the relevance of each country t
India and Australia, as liberal democracies, believe in a rules-based international order, in freedom of navigation in international waters, in promoting connectivity, growth and security for all, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said on Monday, amidst China's aggressive posturing in the strategic Indo-Pacific. Addressing a joint press conference here with his Australian counterpart Penny Wong, Jaishankar said he had a "very, very useful, very productive, very comfortable discussion" and part of it was due to the fact that they have been meeting quite often, including on the sidelines of major multilateral conferences. Wong said that Australia and India have recognised that the Indo-Pacific region is being "reshaped" both economically and strategically and underlined that the partnership with India is a "critical part" of shaping the region. Jaishankar said that he and Wong had broad ranging discussions and, I think the underpinning of that really is that, as liberal ...
EAM S Jaishankar said that he had held broad-ranging discussions on the ongoing conflict in Ukraine and its repercussions on the Indo-Pacific region with his Australian counterpart Penny Wong
India and Australia recognize that the Indo-Pacific region is being reshaped and it is in the interest of both nations to navigate through this together, said Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong
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The Ministerial level meet will also focus on stronger ties with the ASEAN bloc to counter Chinese influence, officials said
With the T20 World Cup squad already picked, India skipper Rohit Sharma wants his players to get out of their comfort zone and explore new things about their game in the six home games against Australia and South Africa ahead of the ICC showpiece next month. Rohit feels players can now afford to extend their 'limits' without the pressure of selection. The management will be giving rest to the likes of Hardik Pandya, Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Arshdeep Singh over the six games but by and large it will have a full squad at its disposal. Rohit's comments come in the backdrop of its Asia Cup campaign in which the team management experimented quite a bit and copped criticism for that. "I wanted to bring security in the team that is why we announced the team for both the series before the World Cup (Australia and South Africa). In Asia Cup also we more less had the same team," said Rohit ahead of the series opener against Australia. "In these six games we want to keep trying what we can achi
Australian High Commissioner to India, Barry O'Farrell on Tuesday lauded India's economic stability and said "India has markets that can help us grow in the post-COVID world"
Both nations had signed an interim free trade deal - Economic Cooperation and Trade Agreement (ECTA) - in April
In a telephonic conversation with ANI, Trayling said, "India-Australia relationship is important in trying to deter the Chinese aggression in the Indo-Pacific area and the Chinese brutality"
Australian Defence Minister Richard Marles on Thursday said that defence engagement between India and Australia will ensure closer ties between the two strategic partners
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said that Australia is a proven and trusted partner of India and both the nations share democratic values and common visions for a free and open Indo-Pacific
India-Australia comprehensive strategic partnership is based on a shared vision of "free, open, inclusive and prosperous" Indo-Pacific region: Defence ministry
Australian Defence Minister Richard Marles will be on a visit to India from Monday to hold a bilateral meeting with Defence Minister Rajnath Singh to strengthen defence and security cooperation
Prime Minister Modi on Saturday congratulated Australia's Labor Party leader Anthony Albanese for victory in the country's federal election, which makes him Australia's prime minister-elect