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Indian envoy highlights growing Australia ties ahead of Modi visit
Modi's third Australia visit reflects expanding strategic partnership, High Commissioner says.
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IANS - Tue, 07, Jul 2026
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India's High Commissioner to Australia, Nagesh Singh, discussed bilateral ties ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit. / IANS
Prime Minister Narendra Modi's upcoming visit to Australia is "a very important indicator" of the rapidly expanding relationship between the two countries, India's High Commissioner to Australia, Nagesh Singh, said in an interview with IANS ahead of the Prime Minister's arrival.
Singh said Modi's third visit to Australia in a decade reflects the steady growth of bilateral ties across defence, trade, education, technology and people-to-people exchanges.
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"This is a very important indicator. Prime Minister Modi coming to Australia for the third time in 10 years is a very important indicator of how the relationship between India and Australia has been growing very rapidly over the past decade," Singh said.
Describing the partnership as a "comprehensive strategic partnership," he said the relationship now spans defence and security, trade and investment, people-to-people ties, emerging technologies, clean energy, education, skilling and mobility.
"The situation you are seeing in the world today... it is bringing both our countries together because of our convergences - whether our geopolitical convergences, which we want; the Indo-Pacific region, in which we both share... there should be a free, open, inclusive, rule-based Indo-Pacific, where there is peace, progress, prosperity for everyone. So, this is our overarching philosophical convergence," he said.
Singh noted that India and Australia are both democracies, multicultural and multi-ethnic societies governed by the rule of law, adding that both countries seek peace and stability to support economic growth and development.
"And if you come below that, even at the political level, we are both democracies, multicultural, multi-ethnic societies, rule-based societies. So, we want that we can serve our people in our country in an environment of peace and stability. They can move forward; there should be economic growth and development," he said.
He expressed confidence that bilateral ties would continue to deepen, citing complementary strengths between the two economies.
"There are big ambitions on both sides on how to take it forward, because we have a lot of complementarities. Australia is a resource-rich country. They have all kinds of minerals that we need. Our market is very big. Australia has technologies. We have the capacity for upscaling. We can do manufacturing on a large scale," Singh said.
Prime Minister Modi is scheduled to visit Melbourne on July 10 at the invitation of Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese. The two leaders are expected to discuss cooperation in defence and security, trade and investment, education, mobility and people-to-people ties. Modi is also scheduled to interact with members of the Indian diaspora.
Highlighting the diaspora's contribution to bilateral relations, Singh described Indian Australians as a "living bridge" between the two countries.
"The biggest link between us is people-to-people connection. Look, there are about 10 lakh (Indian) people in Australia who call Australia their home, and they are very well-integrated in this society. They are in good positions, in business, in politics. They become a living bridge between our countries," he said.
Calling India-Australia ties "a consequential relationship," Singh said the annual leaders' summit reflects the depth of engagement between the two nations.
"This relationship is a very consequential relationship. And look at this: the Prime Minister who is coming here, we call it the Annual Leaders' Summit. So, this is the third Annual Leaders' Summit. India has such a relationship with very few countries, where every year one leader goes to another country," he said.
He added that next year, "God willing," Prime Minister Albanese will visit India, underscoring the momentum in bilateral engagement.
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