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Australia PM visits India, aims to boost economic and defense ties

Japan's Kishida also due a trip soon, as Quad members seek to counter China

Australia's Prime Minister Anthony Albanese will hold talks with Indian counterpart Narendra Modi in New Delhi on March 10.   © Reuters

NEW DELHI/SYDNEY (Reuters) -- Australia's Prime Minister Anthony Albanese arrives in India on Wednesday seeking to strengthen the new momentum in ties between the two countries through deeper trade, investment and defense relations.

The three-day visit by Albanese, the first by an Australian prime minister since 2017, comes days ahead of a visit by Japanese PM Fumio Kishida, another member of the so-called Quad grouping that seeks to counter China's growing domination in the Indo-Pacific region.

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