At the outset, Prime Minister Modi expressed his condolences on the destruction caused by severe flooding in New South Wales and Queensland, and the resultant loss of lives.

Both the leaders expressed satisfaction at the progress made under the Comprehensive Strategic Partnership established during the 1st Virtual Summit in June 2020. Prime Minister Modi expressed his satisfaction at the enhanced scope of the relationship which now covers diverse areas such as trade and investments, defence and security, education and innovation, science and technology, critical minerals, water management, new and renewable energy technology, Covid-19 related research, etc.

[6:24 pm, 21/03/2022] Sandeep Sir: Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi and Prime Minister of Australia Hon. Scott Morrison held the 2nd India-Australia Virtual Summit today during which they reviewed the multi-faceted relationship between the two countries and exchanged views on regional and global developments.

At the outset, Prime Minister Modi expressed his condolences on the destruction caused by severe flooding in New South Wales and Queensland, and the resultant loss of lives.

Both the leaders expressed satisfaction at the progress made under the Comprehensive Strategic Partnership established during the 1st Virtual Summit in June 2020. Prime Minister Modi expressed his satisfaction at the enhanced scope of the relationship which now covers diverse areas such as trade and investments, defence and security, education and innovation, science and technology, critical minerals, water management, new and renewable energy technology, Covid-19 related research, etc.
[6:27 pm, 21/03/2022] Sandeep Sir: Prime Minister Modi thanked Hon. Scott Morrison for the special gesture in returning 29 ancient artefacts to India. These artefacts comprise sculptures, paintings and photographs, across centuries, some dating back to the 9th-10th century, from different parts of India. The artefacts include 12th century Chola bronzes, 11th-12th century Jain sculptures from Rajasthan, 12th-13th century sandstone Goddess Mahisasuramardini from Gujarat, 18th-19th century paintings and early gelatin silver photographs.

Prime Minister Modi thanked Prime Minister Morrison for taking care of the Indian community, including the Indian students, in Australia during Covid-19 pandemic.

Both the leaders also appreciated the increasing strategic convergence between the two countries as fellow democracies with shared values and common interests, which include a free, open, inclusive, and prosperous Indo-Pacific.

A Joint Statement was issued on the occasion covering various aspects of the deepening Comprehensive Strategic Partnership. Both sides also agreed to establish annual summits between the Prime Ministers under the Comprehensive Strategic Partnership, thus adding a special dimension to the bilateral relationship.

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“It is not the situation. Our priority now is to smoothen the transition process from state to union territory,” a senior officer from the Jammu and Kashmir state administration told 

According to him, only 8 to 10 companies have come forward with their plans about investments in the state but more companies are keen after recent developments.

“So, time is required for them to visit and discuss opportunities linked to the summit,” he added.

Critics, however, say it was a very premature move to announce a summit when so much was happening in the state.

“Communication and transportation is such a big issue. How can a summit be organised in the middle of this?” said a business person, requesting not to be named.

The government had announced the first such global event in the state between October 12 and 14, days after ending its special status under Article 370 of the constitution earlier this month.

The centre’s decisions to scrap the provision and Article 35A, which banned outsiders from owning land in Kashmir, would open the floodgates of investment in the state, the government had said.

However, nearly a month after the move, Jammu and Kashmir remains under an unprecedented security lockdown and a communications blackout with severe restrictions on its residents. Mainstream leaders and hundreds political workers are under detention to prevent unrest, according to the government.

Announcing the investor summit, NK Chaudhary, the Jammu and Kashmir administration’s Commerce and Industry Principal Secretary, had been confident that the situation would improve in a month.

“If I did not believe in it, I would not have announced the dates,” he had told reporters.

The event was set be held in Srinagar with officials hoping that eight more countries would take part in the summit.

The central government had scrapped Jammu and Kashmir’s autonomy and split the state into two union territories earlier this month. The revocation of the special status in the constitution meant people there would lose exclusive rights to property, government jobs and college seats and open them up to all Indians.

On Wednesday, the Supreme Court said it will hear challenges to the order in the first week of October. More than a dozen petitions have been filed in the top court questioning the legality the action, which the government said was aimed at developing the region.

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