India, July 10 -- Following up on his "2+6=8" analogy in Indonesia, Prime Minister Narendra Modi deployed mathematics again for bonhomie, this time in Australia, as he spoke of how the two countries can become stronger together.

"If one is added to one, it becomes two. But if one stands with one, it becomes 11," Modi said to Australian PM Anthony Albanese as the two sides participated in the Australia-India Annual Leaders' Summit in Melbourne on Thursday, news agency PTI reported with a video.

"In the true sense, today India and Australia are together. That's why one and one are not becoming two, but one next to one is becoming 11 together," the Indian leader said, speaking in Hindi and using the "ek aur ek gyarah" idiom from the langua...