Australia Steps up Relationship With India

Australia Steps up Relationship With India
A man wearing a face-mask watches on a monitor Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi speak during a bilateral virtual summit with Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison, at an office in New Delhi on June 4, 2020. Prakash Singh/AFP via Getty Images
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Prime Minister Scott Morrison and India’s Narendra Modi have agreed to increase co-operation between the two countries through a stronger formal relationship during a virtual summit of their leaders.

The countries now share a comprehensive strategic partnership, underpinned by a raft of new agreements to co-operate on research, cyber, infrastructure, trade, education, logistics, defence science and Indo-Pacific maritime issues.