PM Modi's Visit to Australia
PM Narendra Modi visited Australia 8–10 July 2026 at the invitation of PM Anthony Albanese, with the Third India–Australia Annual Leaders' Summit held in Melbourne. The visit produced 18 major outcomes under the Comprehensive Strategic Partnership (elevated 2020): a Joint Declaration on Defence and Security Cooperation; agreement to accelerate CECA negotiations (the full FTA building on the 2022 ECTA); and, on 9 July, an administrative arrangement operationalising the 2015 India–Australia Civil Nuclear Cooperation Agreement, clearing the way for uranium commerce. The leaders also welcomed the signing of the ACITI Partnership MoU — Australia–Canada–India Technology and Innovation Partnership — a trilateral first announced at the G20 Johannesburg Summit (November 2025), pairing Australia's critical minerals, India's clean-energy market scale and Canada's innovation capacity. Cultural outcomes included progress on repatriating a First Nations ancestor held in India and Telugu human remains held in Australia.
Australia: capital Canberra, currency Australian Dollar, PM Anthony Albanese India–Australia ECTA in force since 29 December 2022 | Both are Quad members (with USA, Japan)
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