NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday spoke with Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, congratulating him on his social gathering’s landslide victory in Saturday’s Common Election. “Spoke with my pal Anthony Albanese to personally congratulate him on his social gathering’s historic victory. We agreed to work along with renewed vigour to advance the India-Australia Complete Strategic Partnership and discover new areas of cooperation,” PM Modi posted on X after the cellphone name.
PM Modi had on Saturday congratulated Albanese on Labor’s resounding win which noticed the social gathering bagging a haul of 92 decrease home seats, solely the third time within the historical past of the nation {that a} social gathering has received greater than 90 seats.
“Congratulations Anthony Albanese in your resounding victory and re-election as Prime Minister of Australia! This emphatic mandate signifies the enduring religion of the Australian individuals in your management. I stay up for working collectively to additional deepen the India-Australia Complete Strategic Partnership and advance our shared imaginative and prescient for peace, stability and prosperity within the Indo-Pacific,” PM Modi wrote on X.
Albanese, who additionally spoke with US President Donald Trump with talks focusing majorly on the problem of tariffs, introduced Monday that his first abroad journey in his second time period as Prime Minister can be to Indonesia.
Prime Minister Modi and his Australian counterpart had met on the sidelines of the Group of 20 (G20) Summit in Rio de Janeiro final November throughout which additionally they held the second Australia-India Annual Summit forward of the fifth anniversary of the Australia-India Complete Strategic Partnership in 2025.
Each Prime Ministers famous the numerous progress made in strengthening bilateral ties throughout a variety of vital sectors – together with local weather change and renewable power, commerce and funding, defence and safety, training and analysis, abilities, mobility, science and know-how, regional and multilateral cooperation, group and cultural hyperlinks, and people-to-people ties.
Reaffirming their dedication to deepen cooperation, that they had additionally mirrored on the shared pursuits within the area, noting with satisfaction that nearer bilateral engagement has benefited each nations and the broader area.
Each leaders have emphasised that ‘Make in India’ and ‘Future Made in Australia’ have complementarity and collaborative potential and will assist create new jobs, unlock financial progress and safe our future prosperity in a altering world.
India and Australia are additionally members of the Quad grouping together with the USA and Japan.