Washington: Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison has announced that he and his Indian counterpart and “dear friend” Narendra Modi have agreed on a number of important new initiatives, including a low-emission technology partnership and an ultra-low-cost solar programme, that will help the two countries economic ties to grow.
Modi and Morrison met here on Thursday, a week after speaking on the phone and reviewing the rapid progress in the India-Australia Comprehensive Strategic Partnership, including through the recent two-plus-two dialogue, and exchanging views on regional developments and the upcoming Quad meeting, which will be hosted by US President Joe Biden.
India, the United States, Japan, and Australia make up the Quadrilateral Security Dialogue. “I’ve just returned from a meeting with Prime Minister Modi, one of my Quad partners and a dear friend and big friend of Australia. We’ve been collaborating for quite some time. We were able to agree on some key new initiatives today at our meeting “Morrison said journalists following the meeting, which his office issued a transcript of on Friday.
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“At our discussion today, we agreed to move forward with a low-emission technological cooperation, one that will focus on hydrogen research and ultra-low-cost solar initiatives to help them transition to a cleaner energy future,” he stated.
India boasts the world’s fastest-growing solar energy programme and has increased access to clean cooking fuel to over 80 million people, making it one of the world’s greatest clean energy initiatives. Morrison stated that one of the main issues they continue to make about combating climate change is ensuring that technology is transferred from developed to underdeveloped economies.
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“If we want to solve climate change, we must address the essential changes in developing economies so that they can grow their economies, develop their industries, and produce the goods that the world requires.” And, in order to do so, you’ll need an energy economy that supports those goals.
“As a result, we’ll work closely with our good friends in India to leverage Australia’s comparative advantages, notably in the field of hydrogen, and work together with their manufacturing skills to realise that in their own country,” he said.
Morrison said he and Modi have tasked “our teams to be ambitious when they sit down next week to look at our trade opportunities, particularly in the area of digital trade arrangements,” noting that Australian Trade Minister Dan Tehan will meet with his Indian counterpart Piyush Goyal in New Delhi next week.
“In response to a question on whether his talks with Prime Minister Modi about vital minerals will result in more jobs for Australians, Morrison stated that pursuing critical mineral supply chains “of course” implies more jobs for Australians.
“Of course it does, but it also does a lot more. Because key minerals supply chains exist, the partners with whom we collaborate around the world have access to reliable critical mineral supply chains. These are the things that will propel our economies forward in the new energy economy, after all.
“And critical minerals and rare earth, which Australia is already very active in producing in these areas, we want to ensure that we’re connecting that upright through the supply chain, through production, through to end-users, and Prime Minister Modi and I share a passion for that project because they’re both involved in that supply chain at various points, and it’s important that we connect that upright through the supply chain, through production, through to end-users, and Prime Minister Modi and I share a passion for that project because “We’d like to take a more active part in this.” However, in order to capitalise on those key minerals and rare earth potential, we must ensure that downstream consumers have access to a reliable and productive supply chain.
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