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Naveen Kapoor
New Delhi [India], Jan. 11 (ANI): The Foreign Office and Prime Minister’s Office are busy ushering in the new year 2023. Apart from the ongoing G20 related activities, India is also preparing to welcome three heads of state in the first quarter. This year.
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ANI has been informed that Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese will arrive in India in March this year.
Australian news outlet SBS also quoted Albanese speaking to the Australian and South African cricket teams at the New Year’s reception at the Australian Prime Minister’s second official residence, Kirribilli House
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“I will go there (India) with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who invited us to participate in the fourth Test in his home state of Gujarat,” Albanese was quoted as saying by the media.
India’s Australian cricket tour kicks off in Nagpur on February 9. The tour will feature seven games – four Tests and three ODIs. The tour will begin with a four-match Test series, with the first match kicking off at the VCA Stadium in Nagpur on February 9. Delhi (Arun Jaitley Stadium), Dharamshala (HPCA Stadium) and Ahmedabad (Narendra Modi Stadium) will host the remaining three Tests of the four-match series.
The home series will conclude with a three-match ODI series with Mumbai, Vizag and Chennai as hosts. Mumbai will host the first game of the series on March 17, while the second and third games will be played in Vizag and Chennai on January 19 and 22 respectively.
Albanese will lead a large trade delegation here as the India-Australia Free Trade Agreement is implemented and both sides look forward to increased bilateral trade.
The India-Australia Economic Cooperation and Trade Agreement (IndAus ECTA) came into effect recently. The ECTA was signed on April 2, 2022 and ratified on November 21, 2022.
French President Emmanuel Macron is also expected to visit India soon, but the date of the visit has yet to be finalized, according to diplomatic sources. Significant defense deals are expected to be signed during the visit.
Ajit Doval, national security adviser of India and France, and Emmanuel Bonne, diplomatic adviser to the French president, concluded a strategic dialogue in New Delhi recently.
All aspects of the Indo-French strategic partnership were discussed, including counterterrorism cooperation, cybersecurity, space policy, major global and regional challenges (including the Ukraine conflict), and cooperation in the Indo-Pacific region.
As the first bilateral visit of the year, the dialogue between India and France aims to pave the way for an ambitious expansion of the Indo-French strategic partnership, which marks its 25th anniversary this year.
During his visit, Boehner also called on Prime Minister Narendra Modi and met EAM S Jaishankar and G20 Sherpa Amitabh Kant. According to the official statement, he stressed France’s full support for India’s G20 presidency and conveyed President Macron’s message that India-France cooperation will be key to addressing global challenges in 2023.
Meanwhile, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz is also expected to visit Delhi and Bangalore in late February or early March. This will be Schultz’s first visit to India.
In addition, the G20 foreign ministers meeting will also be held in Delhi in March this year. (Arnie)
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