PM Modi’s visit to Australia: Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese on Monday said he is “honoured” to host Prime Minister Narendra Modi here and asserted that the two countries share a commitment to a stable, secure and prosperous Indo-Pacific. Prime Minister Modi will visit Australia from May 22 to May 24 as the guest of the Government of Australia.
“I am honored to host Prime Minister Modi for an official visit to Australia, after receiving an extremely warm welcome in India earlier this year. Australia and India share a commitment to a stable, secure and prosperous Indo-Pacific. Together we have an important role to play in supporting this vision,” said the Australian PM.
‘Looking forward to celebrating Australia’s vibrant Indian community with PM Modi’
Prime Minister Albanese further said that he looked forward to celebrating Australia’s vibrant Indian community with Prime Minister Modi in Sydney on Tuesday. “As friends and partners, the ties between our countries have never been closer. I look forward to celebrating Australia’s vibrant Indian community with Prime Minister Modi in Sydney.
Prime Minister Modi has also said that he is looking forward to his meeting with Albania on 24 May. “I look forward to our bilateral meeting, which will be an opportunity to take stock of our bilateral relationship and look forward to our first India-Australia.” annual summit held in New Delhi in March this year,” Modi said in his departure statement in New Delhi on May 19.
Prime Minister Modi’s visit to Australia is based on the Australia-India Annual Leaders’ Summit
“Prime Minister Modi’s visit to Australia follows on from the Australia-India Annual Leaders’ Summit in New Delhi in March and the G7 Summit and Quad Leaders’ Meeting in Hiroshima over the weekend,” the Australian government said in a statement.
In their bilateral meeting, the leaders will discuss trade and investment, including efforts to promote trade between the two countries through the Comprehensive Economic Cooperation Agreement and strengthen people-to-people contacts, renewable energy and defense and security cooperation. Will work
According to the statement, PM Modi will also meet Australian business leaders to further Australia’s growing trade and investment ties with India and to pursue opportunities from the Australia-India CEO Forum held in Mumbai in March.
PM to attend community event in Sydney
During the visit, the Prime Minister will participate in a community event in Sydney to celebrate Australia’s dynamic and diverse Indian diaspora, a key part of our multicultural community. PM Modi’s last visit to Australia was in 2014.
Meanwhile, Albanese also said that he looked forward to visiting India in September for the G20 Leaders’ Summit in New Delhi, the world’s premier forum for economic cooperation.
The Indo-Pacific is a biogeographic region comprising the Indian Ocean, including the South China Sea, and the western and central Pacific Ocean. The US, India and several other world powers are talking about the need to ensure a free, open and prosperous Indo-Pacific in the backdrop of China’s increasing military maneuvering in a region vital to global trade, reported news agency PTI. Have been
China claims almost all of the disputed South China Sea, although Taiwan, the Philippines, Brunei, Malaysia and Vietnam all claim parts of it. Beijing has built artificial islands and military installations in the South China Sea.