PM talks cricket, trade with Indian minister

PM talks cricket, trade with Indian minister

Anthony Albanese has talked up Australia’s relationship with India forward of his upcoming journey to the subcontinent.

The Prime Minister met with India’s exterior affairs minister S. Jaishankar at Kirribilli House on Saturday morning, the place the pair chatted about every little thing from safety points to cricket.

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Camera IconAnthony Albanese meets with the Minister for External Affairs of the Government of India, Dr S. Jaishankar. NCA NewsWire / Jeremy Piper Credit: News Corp Australia

“Our relationship goes from strength to strength,” Mr Albanese instructed the diplomat.

“I’ve already had a number of meetings with your Prime Minister. And our economic relationship is important.

“I think we have complementary economies. I look forward to strengthening that as well, as well as on security issues.”

Mr Albanese will go to India subsequent month as two nations search to finalise a commerce deal following an interim settlement signed final April.

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Camera IconMr Albanese is about to journey to India in March. NCA NewsWire / Jeremy Piper Credit: News Corp Australia
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Camera IconThe pair talked about every little thing from cricket to safety. NCA NewsWire / Jeremy Piper Credit: News Corp Australia

The journey was locked in following Mr Albanese’s assembly with Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the ultimate day of the G20 Summit in Bali.

It will probably be simply one in all two journeys the Prime Minister will make to India in 2023, with Mr Albanese assuring he’ll again to attend the G20 summit in New Delhi in September.

“I, of course, am looking forward to being in India in just a few weeks’ time now for the bilateral visit. And I thank Prime Minister Modi for the invitation,” he instructed Dr S. Jaishankar

The March go to, which is able to embrace a business delegation, will line up with the Australian cricket group’s fourth check in Gujarat.

Mr Modi will journey to Australia later within the 12 months for the 2023 Quad Summit, to be hosted by Mr Albanese.

Source: www.perthnow.com.au