PM Modi To Visit Australia In 'Near Future', Says Foreign Minister Penny Wong After Quad Meet

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will travel to Australia in the “near future”, Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong said following the Quad foreign ministers’ meeting. Penny Wong said Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese had announced that PM Modi will travel to Australia soon as diplomatic engagement between the two countries continues to grow.

“My Prime Minister has today announced that Prime Minister Modi will travel to Australia in the very near future,” Penny Wong said.

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She said Australia looks forward to hosting PM Modi as a key partner and friend, with ties between the two countries and people-to-people connections continuing to strengthen.

“We very much look forward to PM Modi coming to Australia as a friend of our PM, as an important comprehensive strategic partner, but also because the Indian diaspora is such a valued part of our Australian community,” she said.

Penny Wong also said she expected to meet PM Modi, describing India as an “essential economic partner” for Australia.

“We are comprehensive strategic partners. We have a relationship that is anchored in strategic trust,” she said, adding that cooperation between the two countries continues to deepen across trade, technology and supply chains.

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The announcement came alongside a Quad foreign ministers’ meeting in New Delhi involving India, the United States, Japan and Australia, where leaders outlined new cooperation measures focused on critical technology, energy security, supply chain resilience and humanitarian assistance.

External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar described the discussions as productive, noting that the group focused on ensuring safe and uninterrupted maritime trade routes in the Indo-Pacific region. Following the meeting, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced a new Indo-Pacific maritime surveillance initiative aimed at improving real-time information sharing among Quad nations.

The ministers also unveiled an Indo-Pacific energy security initiative designed to strengthen fuel supply chains across the region, with the United States set to host a Quad fuel security forum later this year.