Australian PM arrives on four-day India visit

In a press statement, PM Modi said: "The waters of the Indian Ocean remind us of our linked histories".

India and Australia on Monday agreed to boost counter-terrorism and defence cooperation, even as they called for a rule-based order in the Indo-Pacific amid China's aggressive posturing in and around the South China Sea.

As India prepares to welcome Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull next week, negotiators from both sides are hammering out details for the first shipment of Australian uranium under the bilateral civil nuclear agreement.

Mr. Modi welcomed the passage of the Civil Nuclear Transfers to India Act in the Australian Parliament, opening up opportunities for Australia to support Indian energy generation.

While trade between India and Australia has doubled over the past decade to around US$20 billion (S$28.1 billion), said Mr Turnbull, this was a fraction of what it could and should be.

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Modi nicely drew cricket analogies to describe the ties between the two countries.

Experts said Australia remained important for India, particularly in the security and maritime domain.

Indian PM Narendra Modi (R) with his Australian counterpart Malcolm Turnbull addressing the media at Hyderabad House. Previous year two-way trade in goods and services was almost $20 billion, more than double what it was a decade ago.

It groups the 10 members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations and a further half-dozen countries, including India, with which ASEAN has free trade deals. The two Prime Ministers inaugurated a Nano-Technology Centre at Gurugram through video conference.

New Delhi, Apr.12: India and Australia on Wednesday launched Sports partnership in Mumbai aimed at increasing cooperation in sports. Some of the sticking points in the negotiations include India's high tariff structure for dairy and agri products as also Australian wine. Turnbull, who took over as prime minister from Tony Abbott in September 2015, was then narrowly re-elected in July 2016, has focused on strengthening Australia's neighbourhood policy.