New Delhi, July 5 -- Rajya Sabha MP and former Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla on Sunday said Prime Minister Narendra Modi's three-nation visit to Indonesia, Australia and New Zealand would further strengthen India's engagement with key Indo-Pacific partners by expanding strategic, economic and people-to-people cooperation.

Speaking to ANI, Shringla said the visit reflects the continued focus of India's Act East and Mahasagar policies and builds on the momentum created through recent high-level engagements in the region.

"I think it's a very important visit because it is a focus on our Indo-Pacific partners. We just had a very significant visit of the Prime Minister of Japan to India, and now this is followed by the PM's visit ...