New Delhi: The Indian Prime Minister will leave on July 6 for a six-day foreign tour. Travel to Indonesia, Australia and New Zealand. The Prime Minister’s visit aims to increase India’s presence in the Indo-Pacific region, strengthen trade ties and strengthen cooperation with countries in the region. The highlight of Modi’s trip is his visit to New Zealand. This is Modi’s first visit to New Zealand since he became Prime Minister in 2014. It is also the first visit by an Indian Prime Minister to New Zealand in the last forty years and has the distinction of being made by Modi.

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Modi will arrive in Indonesia first during his three-country visit which will last from July 6 to 11. The Prime Minister will arrive in Australia from here and return to India after visiting New Zealand. Details of the Prime Minister’s foreign tour were released by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Friday.

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Besides improving bilateral relations with strategic countries in the Indo-Pacific region, the visit will discuss opportunities to strengthen cooperation in areas such as trade, maritime security, digital facilities and mineral exploration. Defense cooperation with Indonesia, India’s largest trading partner in ASEAN, will also be discussed. Indonesia is a major supplier of coal, palm oil and nickel to India.

Modi will hold bilateral talks with Prime Minister Anthony Albanese during his visit to Australia. Australia is also a strategic partner of the Quad, formed to counter China. Besides India, other countries are America and Japan. Modi will also address the Indian diaspora in Melbourne, Australia on July 9.

New Zealand Prime Minister Christopher Luxon described Narendra Modi’s visit as historic. Last April, during Christopher Luxon’s visit to India, the New Zealand-India Free Trade Agreement was signed. Discussions on the next phase will also take place during Modi’s visit.

Summary in English:

Modi’s three-country tour of Indonesia, Australia and New Zealand, which begins on July 6, targets India’s presence and trade relations in the Indo-Pacific region. This trip is marked by his historic visit to New Zealand, the first by an Indian Prime Minister in four decades.