WASHINGTON: India’s effort to strengthen its commonality in global power politics amidst a mix of new international alliances and partnerships has helped Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Modi meet your peers Australia Japan and Japan will meet bilaterally on Thursday ahead of the first in-person Quad summit to be hosted by United States President Joe Biden.
Modi’s engagement with Prime Minister of Australia book-ending his first personal exchange with US Vice President Kamala Harris Scott Morrison and japan yoshihide suga Clearly aimed at advancing bilateral affairs outside the Quad agenda, all exchanges are seeking to counter aggressive Chinese expansionism, both in economic and geographical areas.
India’s ties with Australia in particular have progressed rapidly in recent months, even as Canberra has shrugged off its fears of China to align itself more strongly with the US and UK . Not being part of the newly formed AUKUS, primarily an Anglo-focused security alliance, India is engaging Australia bilaterally in a trade and commerce-driven partnership, suggesting it will not be constrained by the Quad.
A measure of the new India-Australia dynamics: the last time the prime ministers of the two countries were in Washington DC on the same day (Manmohan Singh and John Howard in 2006), they met each other separately without meeting US President George Bush had met. .
This time, the two prime ministers virtually sought each other out of the realm of the Quad, which, despite being talked about in the strategic community, has not abandoned bilateral exchanges between all four partners. Indian officials said the two leaders discussed regional and global development as well as ongoing bilateral cooperation in areas related to COVID-19, trade, defense and clean energy.
Modi’s office tweeted, “Progressing friendship with Australia. PM Scott Morrison talks with PM Narendra Modi. He talks about a range of topics aimed at deepening economic and people-to-people ties between India and Australia.” discussed.”
Australia has become an attractive and sometimes an alternative destination for Indian students, professionals and expatriates.
Modi and Morrison met after a flurry of virtual and digital exchanges, which in some quarters are being referred to as “samosa diplomacy”.
Last year the Australian prime minister’s gastronomic outreach included glowing homemade samosas (which he called scomosa) with a message to Modi on Twitter: Sunday scomosa with mango chutney, all made from scratch – including chutney! My meeting with @narendramodi this week via videolink is a pity. They are vegetarian, I would have loved to share them with them.
There is no information about whether the samosas were served in the meeting or not.
Modi was scheduled to meet Vice President Kamala Harris at 3:15 pm (12:45 am) local time, which is expected to have a business heavy agenda, including exchanges on COVID vaccine issues and science and technology matters.
Modi’s engagement with Prime Minister of Australia book-ending his first personal exchange with US Vice President Kamala Harris Scott Morrison and japan yoshihide suga Clearly aimed at advancing bilateral affairs outside the Quad agenda, all exchanges are seeking to counter aggressive Chinese expansionism, both in economic and geographical areas.
India’s ties with Australia in particular have progressed rapidly in recent months, even as Canberra has shrugged off its fears of China to align itself more strongly with the US and UK . Not being part of the newly formed AUKUS, primarily an Anglo-focused security alliance, India is engaging Australia bilaterally in a trade and commerce-driven partnership, suggesting it will not be constrained by the Quad.
A measure of the new India-Australia dynamics: the last time the prime ministers of the two countries were in Washington DC on the same day (Manmohan Singh and John Howard in 2006), they met each other separately without meeting US President George Bush had met. .
This time, the two prime ministers virtually sought each other out of the realm of the Quad, which, despite being talked about in the strategic community, has not abandoned bilateral exchanges between all four partners. Indian officials said the two leaders discussed regional and global development as well as ongoing bilateral cooperation in areas related to COVID-19, trade, defense and clean energy.
Modi’s office tweeted, “Progressing friendship with Australia. PM Scott Morrison talks with PM Narendra Modi. He talks about a range of topics aimed at deepening economic and people-to-people ties between India and Australia.” discussed.”
Australia has become an attractive and sometimes an alternative destination for Indian students, professionals and expatriates.
Modi and Morrison met after a flurry of virtual and digital exchanges, which in some quarters are being referred to as “samosa diplomacy”.
Last year the Australian prime minister’s gastronomic outreach included glowing homemade samosas (which he called scomosa) with a message to Modi on Twitter: Sunday scomosa with mango chutney, all made from scratch – including chutney! My meeting with @narendramodi this week via videolink is a pity. They are vegetarian, I would have loved to share them with them.
There is no information about whether the samosas were served in the meeting or not.
Modi was scheduled to meet Vice President Kamala Harris at 3:15 pm (12:45 am) local time, which is expected to have a business heavy agenda, including exchanges on COVID vaccine issues and science and technology matters.
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