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Australian PM to arrive in New Delhi tomorrow on a 4-day visit

Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull will arrive in New Delhi tomorrow evening on a four day visit. It will be his first visit to India. <br/><br/>However, Mr Turnbull and Prime Minister Narendra Modi have had substantive meetings on the margins of the G-20 in Antalya in 2015 and in Hangzhou in 2016. <br/><br/>A high-powered delegation from the education sector will also be accompanying the Australian Prime Minister during the visit. Cooperation in renewable energy, clean coal and bio-fuels will be high on the agenda and a number of MoUs and Agreements are to be firmed up in the areas of Security, Environment, Sports, Science and Technology and Health.<br/><br/>On Monday morning, he will be accorded ceremonial reception at Rashtrapati Bhavan. Later there will be a delegation level talks between Mr Modi and Mr Turnbull. <br/><br/>On Tuesday, the Australian Prime Minister will visit Mumbai where he will attend several events including an interaction with key business leaders and an energy roundtable.<br/><br/>Our correspondent reports that India-Australia relations today cover a very wide canvas stretching from defence and security cooperation to environment, water management, sports, energy and education. <br/><br/>This visit will build on the work done since the visit of Prime Minister Narendra Modi to Australia and give direction to the numerous institutional mechanisms that have been set up to carry the relationship forward.

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