G20

[Vikrant]

Australia was/is hosting G20 summit in Brisbane. 20 nations from across the globe gathered together to discuss all sorts of business deals. Indian PM Modi received a warm welcome from Australians.

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Australia and India have pledged to push for a major free trade deal, as Indian PM Narendra Modi made a rare speech to lawmakers in Canberra.

BBC News - Australia and India to push for free trade pact

 

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I think Obama is telling Putin, "Get your hands off me, homie."

Obama and Putin are odd couple at Beijing summit Reuters

 

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This is a good start but they need to take it a bit further with solid military alliance.

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Australia and India will boost defence ties with a far-reaching agreement to enhance bilateral co-operation.

That covers counter-terrorism, cyber policy, disarmament and non-proliferation and maritime security.

Prime Minister Tony Abbott and India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi have revealed the new Framework for Security Co-operation to guide closer bilateral collaboration in security.

That also covers research, development and industry engagement.

Australia and India will conduct regular meetings at defence minister level, regular maritime exercises and convene regular navy-to-navy, air force-to-air force and army-to-army staff talks.

With the centenary of World War I approaching, Australia and India, whose troops both fought on the Gallipoli Peninsular, will strengthen efforts to commemorate the shared military history.

Australia and India share many institutions and values but mostly operate in largely separate strategic spheres.

That's changing, with the first visit to Australia by an Indian defence minister last year.

At Australia's invitation, India dispatched its warship INS Sahyadri to the International Fleet Review in Sydney in October last year.

There's growing naval co-operation, with bilateral maritime exercises set to start next year.

The last time Australian and Indian warships engaged operationally was during the US-India Exercise Malabar in 2007.

Mr Abbott and Mr Modi said the two countries were working more closely to build a safe and prosperous region, including through key regional forums such as the East Asia Summit.

They are committed to building up the Indian Ocean Rim Association and support regional efforts to create stronger humanitarian and disaster relief capabilities, they said in a joint statement.

Australia and India also signed agreements on prisoner transfer and on police co-operation to counter the narcotics trade.

The prisoner agreement will enable Australians in Indian jails to apply to serve the remaining part of their sentence in Australia and vice versa for Indian prisoners.

Australian Federal Police and India's Narcotics Control Bureau will co-operate in training personnel and exchanging specialists and experts in narcotics control.

- See more at: Aust India move to boost defence ties

 

[Vikrant]

On the first day of the G20 Summit in eastern Australian city of Brisbane, China made an indication that it would like to maintain ‘close’ ties with Brazil, Russia, India and South Africa. On Saturday, Beijing urged BRICS nations – the acronym for an association of five major emerging national economies: Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa – to quicken the creation of the ‘New Development Bank’. Chinese Vice Finance Minister Zhu Guangyao said that there should be an alternative to the Western-dominated global financial system.

Read More at inserbia.info/today/2014/11/china-urges-brics-to-establish-development-bank-soon/ © InSerbia News

 

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Native Australians (aboriginal Australians) are the ones who have official power to welcome visitors to Australia. That is why G20 summit started with Native Australians welcoming all the visitors with the native Australian dance and music.

Sydney s Modi moment Australia goes wild for Indian PM as he urges NRIs to live and struggle for India Daily Mail Online

 

[Vikrant]

G20 has ended. Foreign leaders are out of Australia now. Putin was the first one to leave Australia. I guess he got tired of being a punching bag for Cameron and Harper. Obama on the other hand had fun in Australia. According to the news clip, he was more popular in Australia than in the U.S.

U.S. and China projected themselves as the caretakers of the world. The projection seemed more like a U.S. plan than the Chinese one. I am not sure what is the benefit for the U.S. in this though.

Mixed fortunes for G20 leaders in Brisbane - CNN.com

 

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Merkel lit some serious fire up Putin's @$$

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SYDNEY: German chancellor Angela Merkel on Monday called on the West not to lose hope in what may be a long struggle with Russia over Ukraine, but vowed that the Kremlin "will not prevail".

Russia's annexation of Crimea in March "called the whole of the European peaceful order into question, and it has continued by Russia exporting its influence to destabilise eastern Ukraine," Merkel said after attending the G20 summit in Brisbane.

Western leaders, including British Prime Minister David Cameron and US President Barack Obama, hammered home their determination to rein in Moscow at the talks, where Russian President Vladimir Putin faced a hail of criticism.


Russia will not prevail in Ukraine Merkel - The Times of India

 

[bianco]

India and Australia to build closer defence ties?
Lovely...all that remains is for Australia to get a proper military...instead of the 'pop guns', 'toy ships', 'few planes', and no nuclear weapons it has now.

 

[B. Kidd]

India and Australia to build closer defence ties?
Lovely...all that remains is for Australia to get a proper military...instead of the 'pop guns', 'toy ships', 'few planes', and no nuclear weapons it has now.

I think even Australia tho' could beat Canada in a conventional military war (an' that ain't saying much, mate). The G-7 nations at the G-20 acted like petulant children.
After some New Zealanders moved to Australia, the IQ of the whole nation improved dramatically........

 

[Vikrant]

India and Australia to build closer defence ties?
Lovely...all that remains is for Australia to get a proper military...instead of the 'pop guns', 'toy ships', 'few planes', and no nuclear weapons it has now.

I think even Australia tho' could beat Canada in a conventional military war (an' that ain't saying much, mate). The G-7 nations at the G-20 acted like petulant children.
After some New Zealanders moved to Australia, the IQ of the whole nation improved dramatically........

It seems like you are a big fan of Dumb, Drunk and Racist.