India and Australia on Tuesday pledged to deepen their economic and security partnership and stressed their shared commitment to a “free, independent, inclusive and rules-based” Indo-Pacific. The region is witnessing China’s growing aggression. After participating in the ‘India-Australia Foreign Ministers Framework Dialogue’, External Affairs Minister S. Addressing a press conference along with his Australian counterpart Penny Wong, Jaishankar said that India is preparing for a Quad Group meeting sometime next year. The Quad Group consists of Australia, India, Japan and America. The foreign minister said the two leaders stressed the importance of moving forward on the Comprehensive Economic Cooperation Agreement (CECA) negotiations and discussed the subject. “We discussed the way forward to facilitate movement of our students and professionals between the two countries,” S Jaishankar said.
The foreign minister said that the two leaders also discussed the situation in West Asia in detail. When asked about the Israel-Hamas conflict at a press conference, Jaishankar spoke about India’s position and said there were many aspects to this “very complex and challenging situation”.
“What happened on October 7, terrorism is definitely an aspect of it,” S Jaishankar said. We as a national and international community think that we should never compromise with terrorism, we should be very clear about it, so it is an issue and that includes the issue of hostages.
He said, “The second issue today is the humanitarian crisis in Gaza. There is an urgent need for humanitarian assistance and compliance with international humanitarian law. A third issue related to the rights and future of the Palestinians must also be addressed. In our opinion and in the opinion of many countries of the world, it can only fall into a two-nation solution. “We have to find a way through which all these aspects can be addressed,” Jaishankar said.
He asserted that “real progress” was being made in the India-Australia Comprehensive Strategic Partnership. “Today, among other things, we also discussed the importance of moving forward on the ‘Comprehensive Economic Cooperation Agreement’ (CECA) negotiations,” he said. We talked about ways to make the movement of our students and professionals between the two countries more accessible. “We both want to build more reliable and resilient supply chains for broad and inclusive growth in the Indo-Pacific,” said Jaishankar. Said that under the ‘Two Plus Two’ dialogue and in today’s talks, security issues were widely discussed.
Jaishankar said, “We have shared a growing relationship with Australia. At its core lies a shared commitment to a free, open, inclusive, prosperous and rules-based Indo-Pacific region based on the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea.” He said the two leaders called for an end to terrorism, radicalization and extremism. Curry.
S Jaishankar said, “As liberal democracies, quad partners, we will continue to work on a rules-based international basis. We will support freedom of navigation in international waters by promoting connectivity, development and security for all, while respecting the territorial integrity and sovereignty of all nations. India and Australia on Monday agreed to focus on defense cooperation. Also decided to strengthen our strategic partnership. Addressing “extraordinary challenges” in the Indo-Pacific region and the world at large. In the second India-Australia ‘Two Plus Two’ Ministerial Dialogue, the two countries also underlined the importance of enhancing cooperation in the maritime sector and exchange of information and awareness. Defense Minister Rajnath Singh and External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar met Australia’s Deputy Prime Minister and Defense Minister Richard Marles and Foreign Minister Penny Wong as part of ‘Two Plus Two’ ministerial talks.
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