‘Assured of Indians’ safety’: PM Modi raises temple vandalism at meeting with Australian PM Anthony Albanese

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During the bilateral meeting with Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, who is in the country for a visit, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday raised the issue of vandalism of Hindu temples in Australia.. Modi said incidents of vandalism of Hindu temples cause concern to Indians..

I have conveyed this to PM Albanese and he has assured me that the safety and well-being of the Indian community in Australia is a priority for them, PM Modi said...

Prime Minister Modi and I are discussing an increasingly uncertain global security environment and committed to strengthening the Australia-India defence and security partnership to address shared challenges and work towards an open, stable and prosperous Indo-Pacific, he said...

The two leaders held wide-ranging talks in the first bilateral visit by Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese to India since he entered office in May last year..

While Albanese said he looked forward to welcoming Modi to Australia for the Quad leaders summit in May this year, PM Modi said he was looking forward to welcoming his Australian counterpart for his second visit to India later this year for the G20 summit in Delhi in September..

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