Oz PM Turnbull to discuss opportunities for collaboration with Modi

Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull will arrive in New Delhi on Sunday on a four-day visit to India. "Prime Minister Narendra Modi and I will discuss the enormous opportunities for collaboration between Australia and India," he said.

Turnbull will arrive in New Delhi on Sunday on a four-day visit to India. "Prime Minister Narendra Modi and I will discuss the enormous opportunities for collaboration between Australia and India," he said.

"With converging political, economic and strategic interests, we will use the meeting to strengthen our relationship even further for the benefit of both nations." India is the world's fastest growing major economy. Two-way trade exceeded 19 billion dollar in 2015-16. Turnbull will be accompanied by his Education and Training Minister Simon Birmingham who is leading a strong delegation of education experts. "With the Minister for Education and Training, Senator the Hon Simon Birmingham, I will address a dinner to celebrate our partnership in education, recognising how Australian expertise in skills training can help India to meet its goal of training 400 million people by 2022," he said.

"In Mumbai, meetings with leading Indian CEOs and business people will focus on growing two-way trade and investment," he added.