India, Australia witness `enormous deepening and diversification` of cooperation: S Jaishankar
External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar has said India and Australia have witnessed an ‘enormous deepening and diversification’ of bilateral cooperation in the last five years, and reaffirmed commitment to look at areas such as critical minerals, cyber, technology, and space as further domains of collaboration.
Talking an event at the Australian High Commission to mark the fifth anniversary of India-Australia Comprehensive Strategic Partnership, he said the reason behind this ‘dosti’ has actually been the ‘strong leadership that we have seen from both countries’. He said ‘here we are - not just with a transformed relationship’, but actually marking five years of the India-Australia Comprehensive Strategic Partnership.’ He said ‘I think these have been five great years in our ties. Many more to come.’
He said ‘So, I am here today to reaffirm, in the presence of the Deputy Prime Minister of Australian, a strong commitment to take this relationship to still greater heights, to look at areas like critical minerals, cyber, technology, space, sports as further domains of collaboration, and to work on mechanisms - most of all the Quad, but in the East Asia Summit platforms, the Indian Ocean Rim Association, the United Nations, even the trilateral grouping that we have with France.’
