In September, Jaishankar had met Australian foreign minister Penny Wong on the sidelines of India-France-Australia and India-Australia-Indonesia foreign minister trilaterals in New York. They were also part of Quad ministers meeting in New York. Earlier, the Australian deputy PM-cum-defense minister visited India.
Foreign minister S Jaishankar will visit Australia this month amid momentum in bilateral ties and shared concerns over Chinese ambitions in the Indo-Pacific region, ET has learnt.
“This visit is all about those commercial partnerships… to get business here to start talking. We have primarily focused on eight critical minerals including lithium, graphite, and titanium that are of equal value to both India and Australia,” said Denise Eaton, trade and investment commissioner, Australian Trade and Investment Commission.
The growing convergence between India and Australia has been driven by concerns over regional stability and security and a shared interest on international law and a rules-based order, Jaishankar had said in a virtual address at the Australia-India Leadership Dialogue 2022 a couple of weeks ago.
