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Melbourne: India-Australia relations touched a new level with both the countries elevating their ties to a “comprehensive strategic partnershipâ€, signing key agreements including a landmark pact for reciprocal access to military bases against the backdrop of their frosty relations with China. Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison, who had to cancel his trip to India in January, 2020 due to the devastating bushfire season in his country, complemented his Indian counterpart and “good friend†Narendra Modi for playing an “important part†in “stabilising†the strategic Indo-Pacific region during the difficult times when they held their first virtual bilateral summit in June....
