Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday met with the leaders of Pacific Island nations on the sidelines of the third India-Pacific Islands Cooperation (FIPIC) Summit in Papua New Guinea.
"Our leaders will have a moment to speak to you. I want you, Mr Prime Minister, for you to spend time hearing them. And hopefully, at the end of these dialogues, may India and the Pacific's relationship is entrenched and strengthened," said Marape.
"I am honoured to host Prime Minister Modi for an official visit to Australia, after receiving an extremely warm welcome in India earlier this year. Australia and India share a commitment to a stable, secure and prosperous Indo-Pacific," Australian PM Albanese said in the official stateme
While co-chairing the 3rd India-Pacific Islands Cooperation (FIPIC) Summit in Papua New Guinea on Monday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday said that India believes in multilateralism and supports a free, open and inclusive Indo-Pacific.
As the two sides held talks, they also underlined the significance of India, Papua New Guinea ties and development partnership between the two countries.
After Japan, PM Modi will travel to Papua New Guinea, which is his first tour, as well as the first-ever visit by any Indian Prime Minister to the Indo-Pacific country.
The Quad (Quadrilateral Security Dialogue, a group of four countries - US, Australia, India, and Japan) on Saturday endorsed Prime Minister Narendra Modi's 'not an era of war' comment in its joint statement.
The Global South states were described as "regional," "willing," and "like-minded" partners with whom the G7 will work to realise a free and open Indo-Pacific, strengthen the international order based on the rule of law, and oppose economic coercion.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi is energetically engaged with key major powers of the world and the G7 Summit in Hiroshima that provides New Delhi's pursuit of actively seeking a seat at a restructured global high table.
Addressing Quad leaders US President Joe Biden, Australian PM Anthony Albanese and Japanese PM Fumio Kishida, PM Modi said, "There is no doubt at all about the fact that the Indo-Pacific region is the engine for global trade, innovation and development. We agree that the security and succ
"10, 20, 30 years from now and say it changed the dynamics not only as a region but the world. And while the setting today is different, in our last two years we made enormous progress," United States President Joe Biden added.