EAM Jaishankar calls on Aus PM Albanese to discuss bilateral strategic ties

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar called on Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese on Saturday and held discussions on a range of subjects including bilateral strategic partnership economic opportunities peopletopeople ties and cricketJaishankar who arrived here from Fiji also conveyed personal greetings of Prime Minister Narendra Modi to his Australian counterpartDelighted to call on PM AlboMP of Australia today morning in Kirribilli House in Sydney Conveyed the personal greetings of PM narendramodi Our discussions reflected the full spirit of our strategic partnership Apprised AlboMP of recent developments in that regard he tweetedIt was wonderful to meet with DrSJaishankar this morning ahead of my trip to India next month We discussed our strategic partnership economic opportunities and the peopletopeople ties that enrich our nations Australian Premier Albanese tweetedAlso Read Air IndiaBoeing deal to create 1 million jobs in the US Biden tells PM ModiEarlier Jaishankar spoke at the Sydney Business Breakfast event where he emphasised that in todays global landscape likeminded countries need to work together to derisk economy and rise to challenges of the digital world and build relationships that serve as stabilisers for the economyIndia and Australia are ontrack Bilaterally our Comprehensive Strategic Partnership sets the framework and the ECTA will turbocharge the relationship Regular contacts are helping he saidIn a changing global scenario India and Australia are forging a crucial partnership and the contributions of all stakeholders is appreciated he saidJaishankar said transformational governance changes underway in India are showing resultsHe said a strong digital backbone was paving the way for efficient and effective deliveryA bullish economic scenario today in India and positive investment climate a result of decisions taken during difficult times Make in India Invent in India PLIs Gati Shakti are all going strong Economic confidence being seen in our ability to create collaborate amp manufacture he tweetedJaishankar is on his third visit to Australia since February last year He visited Melbourne last year to attend the Quad Foreign Ministers MeetingHe also visited Australia in October to attend the 13th IndiaAustralia Foreign Ministers Framework Dialogue FMFDThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever