Melbourne, July 9 -- Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese on Thursday concluded the Third Australia-India Annual Summit in Melbourne, unveiling a wide-ranging agenda to deepen cooperation across defence, security, trade, energy, critical technologies, education and global governance while reaffirming their shared commitment to a "free, open, rules-based, peaceful and prosperous Indo-Pacific."

Held from July 8-10, the summit marked what both sides described as a new phase in the India-Australia Comprehensive Strategic Partnership (CSP). The joint statement noted that the meeting took place against the backdrop of an "obvious strong relationship between Prime Minister Modi and Prime Minister Albanese ...