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Business News/ Politics / News/  Julia Gillard intends to visit India before year-end
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Julia Gillard intends to visit India before year-end

Julia Gillard intends to visit India before year-end

Julia Gillard . Photo: APPremium

Julia Gillard . Photo: AP

Melbourne: Having led the ruling Labor to positively reverse its policy on uranium sale to India, Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard intends to undertake her maiden official visit to New Delhi before the year-end.

The Australian federal government is keen to develop ties with India, Gillard said, addressing the India-Australia Friendship Fair in Sydney on Sunday.

“I intend before the year is out to make a personal difference to those ties by visiting India," she was quoted by AAP as saying.

Julia Gillard . Photo: AP

Earlier in New Delhi, official sources had said that Gillard would pay a three-day official visit to India from 15 October.

In December 2011, Australia’s ruling Labor led by Gillard cleared the way for export of uranium to India after a strong debate on the floor of its 46th national conference. Despite resistance from opponents, the landmark policy change was carried out, paving the way for the first Australian country-to-country agreement to sell yellow cake to a nation outside the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty.

Apart from civil nuclear cooperation, ways to boost bilateral trade ties and other strategic issues are expected to be discussed during the visit of the Australian prime minister to India.

Opposition Leader Tony Abbott, who also took part in the annual India-Australia Friendship Fair, lauded the role of Indians in Australia. “India is a great country and Indian-born people are great citizens of Australia," Abbott said. The India-Australia Friendship Fair was part of the Independence Day celebrations organised by Sydney-based Indian community leaders. Also present on the occasion were New South Wales Premier Barry O’ Farrell and Indian High Commissioner Biren Nanda. PTI

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Published: 20 Aug 2012, 02:16 PM IST
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