Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be visiting three Australian cities on the second leg of his Australia tour. Modi will meet his Australian counterpart Tony Abbott for delegation level talks in Canberra and also visit Sydeny and Melbourne.
This is the second India-Australia bilateral summit, after the successful visit of the Australian Prime Minister to New Delhi in September this year.
The meet is expected to see the progress on multiple agreements such as fixing up timelines for concluding negotiations on a bilateral trade agreement, exchange of sentenced prisoners, cooperation on narcotics control and MoUs on tourism and cultural cooperation.
India and Australia will also look at speeding up negotiations and fix timelines on concluding negotiations on the bilateral Comprehensive Economic Cooperation Agreement (CECA), also known as the free trade agreement (FTA) to boost bilateral trade.
A strong delegation of Indian CEOs are accompanying Prime Minister Modi to highlight the economic interests and opportunities to enhance India-Australia bilateral trade. Prime Minister Modi will also meet top Australian business leaders, including BHP Billiton CEO Andrew Mackenzie and HSBC Bank Australia CEO Tony Cripps, at a roundtable in Melbourne on November 18.