Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison on Thursday said his country plans to take bilateral ties with India to new heights by working together in frontier technologies.“We have plans to take our entire relationship to new heights.In June of this year we did just that when my good friend Prime Minister Modi and I met virtually and signed a comprehensive strategic partnership it elevated our partnership,” Morrison said.
In his video address to the the Bengaluru Tech Summit, 2020 (BTS2020), he said Australia and India have unlimited possibilities of working together in space research, critical minerals, 5G, AI, quantum computing and much more. “We have signed the landmark Australia India Technology Framework Agreement on cyber and cyber enabled technology. That is the foundation for digital economies to work. We will be soon launching Australia-India Cyber and Critical Technologies Partnership grant program,” he added. “Bengaluru, India's biggest technology cluster, 4th biggest in the world, home to a 3rd of India’s tech professionals and to at least 25 Australian companies, is pulsing with energy and ambition and it is a place where it is easy to believe that “Next is Now,” he added.
Pointing out that Australian companies have employed thousands of professionals in Bengaluru and Indian companies are also growing their footprints in Australia, Morrison said the Australia India Strategic Research Fund, Australia’s largest bilateral science firm with any country, is already forging relationships with universities, research institutes and businesses.
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