PM Modi to embark on six-day visit to Indonesia, Australia and New Zealand
New Delhi, July 03
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be on a six day visit to Indonesia, Australia and New Zealand from Monday. Briefing media in New Delhi this evening, Secretary (East) in Ministry of External Affairs Rudrendra Tandon informed that Mr Modi will be in Indonesia from 6th to 8th of this month and his main engagements will be in Jakarta, but the Prime Minister will also visit a cultural and historic city Yogyakarta. He said, in Yogyakarta, Mr Modi will go to the Prambanan Temple complex.
The Secretary said, India and Indonesia will be collaborating on the conservation work there. He said, the visit of the Prime Minister to Indonesia will very much be a continuation of the discussions on various bilateral tracks of cooperation that began when President Prabowo visited India as the Guest of Honour for the 2025 Republic Day celebrations.
The Secretary said Indonesia has always played an important role in the security and stability of the Malacca Strait maritime zone. Mr Tandon said this is a very important maritime zone for India, as it represents one of the country’s most important sea lanes of communication. He said, it is significant not only for India as an Indian Ocean nation, but probably for the global economy as well.
The Secretary (East) said, the second leg of the visit will be to Australia from 8th to 10th of this month. He said, Mr Modi will reach Melbourne where he will participate in the third India-Australia Annual Summit. Mr Tandon said, the conversations will cover emerging areas of the bilateral relations, in particular the critical minerals, the cybersecurity domain, supply chain resilience, emerging technologies, and others.
On the third and last leg of his three nation visit, Mr Modi will be in New Zealand from 10th to 11 July. Mr Tandon said, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will hold talks with his New Zealand counterpart, Christopher Luxon. The Secretary (East) said, the visit to New Zealand will be the first visit by the Indian Prime Minister in 40 years.