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During Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Australia, people of the Indian community in Melbourne gave him a grand welcome. People looked excited after seeing PM Modi and an atmosphere of patriotism was seen in the entire program. PM Modi was warmly welcomed by the people of the Indian community in Melbourne. As soon as the people waiting saw him, their happiness knew no bounds.
During this, people raised slogans of ‘Bharat Mata ki Jai’ and ‘Modi-Modi’. The artists present in the program welcomed the Prime Minister with the tunes of ‘Maa Tujhe Salaam’ and ‘Vande Mataram’. During this, women artists presented dance performances related to Shiva devotional songs. On this occasion, PM Modi kept encouraging the artists by clapping continuously. He also expressed his gratitude to all the artists.
Foreign Ministry spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal wrote on the social media platform ‘X’, ‘Prime Minister Narendra Modi reached Melbourne, where he was welcomed warmly and in a special way. Prime Minister Modi will co-chair the third annual summit with Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese. During this, he will also meet representatives of many people and organizations, so that the comprehensive strategic partnership between India and Australia can be further strengthened.
PM Modi said on the social media platform ‘X’, ‘I have reached Melbourne, Australia. This visit will further strengthen the comprehensive strategic partnership between India and Australia. I look forward to the conversation with Prime Minister Albanese. During this time, I will also get a chance to meet people of the Indian community, who are an important strength of the India-Australia partnership.
Prime Minister Modi is on a three-day visit to Australia. He is visiting Melbourne on the invitation of Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese. This visit is likely to give new impetus to the India-Australia comprehensive strategic partnership. Here Prime Minister Modi will hold bilateral talks with his counterpart Albanese. Apart from this, he will also meet the Governor General of Australia, Sam Mostyn.
PM Modi will hold India-Australia CEO Forum. This address is taking place at a time when both the countries are negotiating to convert an interim trade agreement into a Comprehensive Economic Cooperation Agreement (CECA). Since the signing of the Economic Cooperation and Trade Agreement (ECTA) in 2022, India’s exports to Australia have more than doubled, from $ 4 billion in 2020-21 to $ 8.5 billion in 2024-25. In the year 2024-25, the total bilateral trade between the two countries stood at $24.1 billion.