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  • PM Modi leaves for Australia after concluding Papua New Guinea visit

    PM Modi leaves for Australia after concluding Papua New Guinea visit

    PORT MORESBY: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday left for Australia on the third and final leg of his three-nation tour after concluding his visit to Papua New Guinea where he co-hosted the first FIPIC summit and met leaders from the Pacific Island nations to boost bilateral ties.

    Modi is visiting Australia from May 22-24 as a guest of the Australian Government. He will also attend a community event in Sydney to celebrate Australia’s dynamic and diverse Indian diaspora, a core part of our multicultural community.
    ”I thank PM James Marape for the warm welcome accorded. Now leaving for Australia to take part in various programmes in Sydney,” Prime Minister Modi tweeted.

    ”My Papua New Guinea visit has been a historic one. I will greatly cherish the affection received among the people of this wonderful nation. I also had the opportunity to interact with respected FIPIC leaders and discuss ways to deepen ties with their respective nations,” he tweeted.

    In Papua New Guinea, Modi held talks with his Papua New Guinea counterpart James Marape and took stock of their bilateral relations. He also discussed ways to further augment cooperation in areas like commerce, technology, healthcare and climate change.

    The two leaders co-hosted the Forum for India-Pacific Islands Cooperation (FIPIC) summit on Monday, fostering regional cooperation.

    During the summit, Prime Minister Modi conveyed to the Pacific island nations that they can see India as a reliable development partner as it respects their priorities and its approach to cooperation is based on human values.

    ”India respects your priorities. We are proud to be your development partner — be it humanitarian aid or your development, you can see India as a reliable partner. Our approach is based on human values,” Modi, the first Indian prime minister to visit the country, said.

    India’s engagement with the 14 Pacific Island Countries (PICs) is part of New Delhi’s Act East Policy.

    Prime Minister Modi also attended the G7 Summit in Hiroshima, Japan from May 20 to 21. He also held bilateral meetings with several world leaders. He also reiterated India’s stand that the Ukraine conflict.

    Modi said he views the current situation in Ukraine as an issue of humanity and human values and not of politics or economy even as he called for respecting international law, sovereignty and territorial integrity of all nations.

    Ahead of Modi’s arrival, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said that, “I am honoured to host Prime Minister Modi for an official visit to Australia, after receiving an extremely warm welcome in India earlier this year.” “Australia and India share a commitment to a stable, secure and prosperous Indo-Pacific. Together we have an important role to play in supporting this vision,” he said, amidst China’s aggressive behaviour in the region as well as its efforts to expand its influence.

    He will also hold a bilateral meeting with Australian prime minister Anthony Albanese.

    Modi began his three-nation tour on Friday from Japan where he attended three sessions at the G7 summit following an invitation by Japanese counterpart Fumio Kishida.

    Modi along with US President Joe Biden, Japanese Prime Minister Kishida and his Australian counterpart Anthony Albanese also attended the 3rd in-person Quad Summit. The Quad meeting was moved to the sidelines of the G-7 summit in Japan’s Hiroshima after US President Biden postponed his trip to Australia to return to Washington, amid ongoing negotiations over raising the US debt limit.

  • PM Modi’s sting is ringing in the world, Fiji-Palau has given its country’s highest

    PM Modi’s sting is ringing in the world, Fiji-Palau has given its country’s highest

    Papua New Guinea: President of the Republic of Palau, Surangel S. Whipps, Jr., on the sidelines of the FIPIC summit, conferred the ‘Ebakal Award’ on Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
    Prime Minister Narendra Modi has been awarded Fiji’s highest honour, “Companion of the Order of Fiji” by the Prime Minister of Fiji for his global leadership. Only a few non-Fijians have received this honor so far.
    The Prime Minister said, “This honor is not just mine but of 140 crore Indians, the age-old relationship between India and Fiji. I express my heartfelt gratitude to you and the President for this.”
    There are different opinions regarding the popularity of Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the country, but the way the President and Prime Minister of two powerful countries of the world, America and Australia, praised his popularity with free voices, it is also a matter of pride for the country. American President Joe Biden said – Prime Minister, I should take your autograph. On the other hand, when the Prime Minister reached Papua New Guinea after his visit to Japan, it was a wonderful sight. New Guinea Prime Minister James Marape, who came to receive him, touched Modi’s feet. It is said that during the quad meeting in Japan, Biden told PM Modi that he was facing a peculiar challenge.

  • PM’s departure statement ahead of his visit to Japan, Papua New Guinea and Australia

    PM’s departure statement ahead of his visit to Japan, Papua New Guinea and Australia

    I will leave for Hiroshima, Japan to attend the G7 Summit under the Japanese Presidency at the invitation of H.E. Mr. Fumio Kishida, Prime Minister of Japan. It will be a pleasure to meet Prime Minister Kishida again after his recent visit to India for the India – Japan Summit. My presence in this G7 Summit is particularly meaningful as India holds the G20 Presidency this year. I look forward to exchanging views with the G7 countries and other invited partners on challenges that the world faces and the need to collectively address them. I would also be holding bilateral meetings with some of the leaders attending the Hiroshima G7 Summit.

    From Japan, I will be visiting Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea. This will be my first visit, as also the first ever visit by any Indian Prime Minister, to Papua New Guinea. I will host on 22 May 2023 the 3rd Summit of the Forum for India–Pacific Islands Cooperation (FIPIC III Summit) jointly with H.E. Mr. James Marape, Prime Minister of Papua New Guinea. I am grateful that all 14 Pacific Island Countries (PIC) have accepted the invitation to attend this important Summit. FIPIC had been launched during my visit to Fiji in 2014, and I look forward to engaging with the PIC Leaders on issues that bring us together, such as climate change and sustainable development, capacity building and training, health and well-being, infrastructure and economic development.

    Apart from the FIPIC engagements, I look forward to my bilateral interactions with Papua New Guinea Governor General Sir Bob Dadae, Prime Minister Marape and some of the other PIC Leaders participating in the Summit.

    Thereafter, I will be travelling to Sydney, Australia at the invitation of Prime Minister Albanese. I look forward to our bilateral meeting, which will be an opportunity to take stock of our bilateral ties and follow up on our first India-Australia Annual Summit held in New Delhi in March this year. I will also interact with Australian CEOs and business leaders, and meet the Indian community in Sydney at a special event.

  • Modi to visit Japan, Papua New Guinea & Aus from May 19-24

    Modi to visit Japan, Papua New Guinea & Aus from May 19-24

    NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Japan, Papua New Guinea and Australia from May 19 to 24, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) announced on Tuesday.

    Modi will be in the Japanese city of Hiroshima from May 19 to 21 for the G7 summit.

    The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said the prime minister will speak at G7 sessions with partner countries on subjects such as peace, stability and prosperity of a sustainable planet; and food, fertiliser and energy security.

    From Japan, Modi will then travel to Port Moresby where he will host the third summit of the Forum for India-Pacific Islands Cooperation jointly with Prime Minister of Papua New Guinea James Marape on May 22, the MEA said in a statement.

    On the third and final leg of the trip, Modi will visit Sydney in Australia from May 22 to 24 to attend the Quad Summit.

    The summit, being hosted by Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, will also be attended by US President Joe Biden and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida.

    “The summit provides an opportunity for the leaders to exchange views about developments in the Indo-Pacific region and advance their vision for a free, open and inclusive Indo-Pacific,” the MEA said.

  • Modi to go ahead with visit to Papua New Guinea, Australia despite Quad summit postponement

    Modi to go ahead with visit to Papua New Guinea, Australia despite Quad summit postponement

    NEW DELHI: Although the Quad Leaders Summit has been postponed since President Biden will head back to the US for urgent Congressional meetings after attending the G7 Summit in Hiroshima, Prime Minister Narendra Modi is sticking to his earlier schedule.

    After attending the G7 Summit in Hiroshima, he will head to Papua New Guinea and Australia for bilateral meetings.

    Since President Biden has to head back to the US, Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese is likely to hold a bilateral meeting of all Quad leaders in Hiroshima (on the sidelines of the G7 Summit) as PM Modi, PM Kishida and President Biden will all be present there.

    It is likely that they will arrive at a consensus for a later date for the Quad leaders Summit. Talks around fortifying their position in the Indo-Pacific are likely to be the core of the discussions, say sources.

    Prime Minister Modi will head for the G7 Summit on May 19 and is expected to go to Papua New Guinea on May 21.

    In Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea, PM Modi will jointly host the 3rd Summit of the Forum for India-Pacific Islands Cooperation (FIPIC) with Prime Minister James Marape of Papua New Guinea on May 22. This will be the first ever visit of any Indian PM to the island nation.

    FIPIC is a group of India and 14 Pacific Island countries which includes Fiji, Papua New Guinea, Tonga, Tuvalu, Kiribati, Samoa, Vanuatu, Niue, Federal States of Micronesia, Republic of Marshall Islands, Cook Islands, Palau, Nauru and Solomon Islands.

    PM Modi will be in Sydney for a day on May 24 where he will have bilateral meetings with PM Albanese. He is also expected to interact with the Indian business community and the diaspora.