Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrives in Australia for talks

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrives in Australia for talks
India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi is predicted to obtain a heat and vibrant reception at present after arriving Australia for an official go to as each international locations search to construct nearer ties.

He will maintain talks on defence, commerce, renewable vitality and business with Prime Minister Anthony Albanese over the subsequent two days.

Modi and Albanese will even attend a group occasion at Sydney Olympic Park tonight, with greater than 20,000 members of the Australian Indian group anticipated to attend.

India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived at Sydney worldwide airport on May 22, 2023, to start his three-day official go to to Australia. (Getty)

Modi’s go to comes after the scheduled Quad assembly in Sydney this week of leaders from the US, Australia, Japan and India was cancelled after President Joe Biden pulled out to concentrate on American nationwide debt points.

Instead the Quad leaders met on the sidelines of the G7 summit in Japan on the weekend.

The Indian economic system can also be set to grow to be one of many world’s greatest.

Global safety knowledgeable Greg Barton advised Today this morning Modi’s go to to Australia confirmed India was keen to have interaction with the world.

“In the past, it’s often fallen back on being neutral for example buying arms from Russia, not taking sides and things like Ukraine.

“Now that is altering … Modi is recognising that India has to step up and be a world companion, notably within the Indo-Pacific area.”

Albanese said ahead of Modi’s visit relations between Australia and India had never been closer.

From left, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi, US President Joe Biden and Japan’s Prime Minister Fumio Kishida held a Quad meeting on the sidelines of the G7 summit, in Japan. (Jonathan Ernst/Pool Photo via AP) (AP)

“Australia and India share a dedication to a secure, safe and affluent Indo-Pacific. Together we’ve an necessary position to play in supporting this imaginative and prescient.

“As friends and partners, the relationship between our countries has never been closer.”

Modi final visited Australia in 2014.

In different news, Foreign Minister Penny Wong has indicated Albanese is not going to journey to China until continued progress is made on the commerce and consular entrance.

The final prime minister to go to Beijing was Malcolm Turnbull in 2016.

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