PM Modi and Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese.
Amidst the ongoing tension between India and Canada, Australia has given such a statement, due to which many countries including China are feeling an electric shock. Reflecting strong ties with India, Australian High Commissioner Philip Green on Wednesday said India is an essential partner in ensuring strategic balance against China building the world’s largest military after World War II. In his address at the Asia Society Policy Institute, the newly appointed High Commissioner expressed his desire to have an open, stable and prosperous Indo-Pacific region. He also said that both sides (Australia and India) look at the region from the same perspective and know what needs to be done.
Highlighting various aspects of India-Australia relations, he said that his country has experienced rapid deepening of relations (with India) and it is expanding further. In a veiled reference to Washington’s allegations of an Indian being involved in a foiled plot to kill a Sikh separatist and Canada’s allegation of ‘possible’ involvement of Indian agents in the killing of a Khalistani extremist, Green said New Delhi and Canberra are sensitive. Managing the issues. “We are managing sensitive issues, including our concerns about alleged activities in US and Canadian territory,” he said.
India is an important partner for strategic balance
“We need partners to achieve strategic balance – partners with whom we share a common purpose,” Green said. He said India is an essential partner to achieve that kind of strategic balance. Important to get what we need. The Australian High Commissioner said this in his first public analysis of the India-Australia partnership, its importance and regional security challenges. He said that since the end of World War II, China’s army is now the largest of any country and efforts to increase its size are being made without any transparency. “We are seeing the use of coercive trade measures, political interference and disinformation,” he said. Such actions of some countries encroach on the sovereignty of others.” (Language)
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