Modi invites Turnbull to India; visit planned in 2017

Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull met his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi on the sidelines of G20 in China.

Narendra Modi and Malcolm Turnbull

Source: File Photo: narendramodi.in

AAP reports that Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull will visit India in 2017 as talks on a free trade agreement make slow progress.

The prime minister met with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the sidelines of the G20 summit in the eastern Chinese city of Hangzhou on Sunday.

Mr Modi, who agreed in the 45-minute meeting more needed to be done to move the trade talks along, invited Mr Turnbull to India.

 



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By Mosiqi Acharya
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