India's High Commissioner to Australia Nagesh Singh shares key insights ahead of PM Modi’s visit

Jul 07, 2026

July 6, 2026: ANI: Melbourne (Australia): India's High Commissioner to Australia Nagesh Singh on July 7 shared key insights ahead of PM Modi’s visit. Speaking to ANI he said “The two countries signed a Comprehensive Strategic Partnership in 2020, and this is an opportunity to take stock of where we stand today... Several outcomes will emerge from the leaders' meeting, covering issues ranging from defence and security to trade and investment. Victoria is home to the largest population of people of Indian origin in Australia, and the PM will address a community event here at Marvel Stadium, which is expected to be attended by 25,000 to 30,000 people... PM Albanese will also attend this event. Also Speaking On defence cooperation between India and Australia he said, "It's one of the most rapidly growing aspects of our bilateral relations... Our geopolitical interests converge; we want a free, open, inclusive, rule-based Indo-Pacific region. Our armed forces carry out several exercises with each other bilaterally. There are delegation-level talks, staff-level talks, as they are called, between all the three armed forces. There are many other aspects of our defence and security cooperation, the maritime domain awareness..."