PM Announces Oz-Canada-India Tech Partnership
Modi is scheduled to hold a series of formal bilateral meetings on Sunday before returning to New Delhi
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday held a trilateral meeting with PMs Mark Carney of Canada and Anthony Albanese of Australia on the sidelines of the G-20 summit in Johannesburg. After the meeting, Mr Modi announced an “Australia-Canada-India Technology and Innovation (ACITI) Partnership”.
Calling the meeting with Mr Albanese and Mr Carney excellent, Mr Modi, in a post on X, announced, “A new trilateral technology and innovation partnership!… We are delighted to announce an Australia-Canada-India Technology and Innovation (ACITI) Partnership today. The initiative will deepen collaboration between democratic partners across three continents and three oceans in emerging technologies, support diversification of supply chains, clean energy and mass adoption of AI. We look forward to working together to guarantee a better future for the coming generations!”
In a joint statement, the three nations stated, “India, Australia and Canada today agreed to enter into a new trilateral technology and innovation partnership: the Australia-Canada-India Technology and Innovation (ACITI) Partnership. The three sides agreed to strengthen their ambition in cooperation on critical and emerging technologies, to complement existing bilateral initiatives. The initiative will draw on the natural strengths of the three countries and have an emphasis on green energy innovation and building resilient supply chains, including in critical minerals.”
“It will deepen their respective ambition and strategic collaboration towards net zero and drive further diversification of supply chains towards a secure, sustainable and resilient future. The partnership will also examine the development and mass adoption of artificial intelligence to improve the lives of our citizens. They agreed that officials should convene in the first quarter of 2026 to take the initiative forward,” the joint statement added.
The announcement came a day after the bilateral meeting of Mr Modi with Albanese and amid rapidly improving bilateral ties with Canada under Mr Carney.
The Prime Minister also met several other world leaders, including his British PM Keir Starmer, Malaysian PM Anwar Ibrahim, French President Emmanuel Macron, South Korea's President Lee Jae-myung, Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, Singaporean PM Lawrence Wong, Italian PM Giorgia Meloni and UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on the sidelines of the G20 Leaders' Summit hosted by South Africa.
“It was wonderful meeting Prime Minister Keir Starmer in Johannesburg. This year has brought new energy to the India–UK partnership and we will keep driving it forward across many domains,” Mr Modi said in a post on X. The two nations had a few months ago inked a historic free trade pact.
Mr Modi is scheduled to have a string of formal structured bilateral meetings on Sunday with world leaders before he returns to New Delhi.
