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India, Australia elevate their partnership to Comprehensive Strategic partnership

<span style="color: #222222;">First ever India-Australia Virtual Summit held between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Australian counterpart Scott Morrison.<br />''<br />''External Affairs Ministry said, there were two joint declarations as a result of the discussions between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Australian counterpart Scott Morrison today.<br />''<br />''Briefing media, Secretary East, Vijay Thakur Singh said, these include the Joint Declaration on elevating the relationship from a strategic partnership to a Comprehensive Strategic Partnership.<br />''<br />''She said the document covers a range of areas in which the two countries will collaborate bilaterally and even at the multilateral fora.<br />''<br />''The second joint declaration is on a shared vision for Maritime Cooperation in the Indo Pacific.<br />''<br />''Besides that, there were seven agreements which were signed. There was a Framework Arrangement on Cyber and Cyber -enabled Technologies. There was an MoU on mining and processing of critical and strategic minerals.<br />''<br />''India and Australia today announced a Comprehensive Strategic Partnership between the two countries after the virtual summit.<br />''<br />''They have also jointly announced a declaration on a Shared Vision for Maritime Cooperation in the Indo- Pacific.<br />''<br />''Both the countries also signed seven agreements after talks between Prime minister Narendra Modi and his Australian counterpart Scortt Morrison.<br />''<br />''Seven MoUs include, Framework Arrangement on Cyber and Cyber-Enabled Critical Technology Cooperation, cooperation in the field of mining and processing of Critical and Strategic minerals, Arrangement concerning Mutual Logistic Support.<br />''<br />''Both the countries also signed MoUs implementing Arrangement concerning cooperation in Defence Science and Technology, Co-operation in the field of public Administration and Governance Reforms, cooperation in vocational Education and Training and on water resources management.<br />''<br />''After the talks, Prime minister Modi said both had an outstanding discussion, covering the entire expanse of relationship between the two countries.<br />''<br />''Mr Modi said, with comprehensive strategic partnership between the two countries, India and Australia aspire to achieve newer heights.</span>

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