11-08-2021, 01:16 AM
Quote:In an opinion piece in “The Australian" newspaper on Monday, Abbott noted that when he was the Australian prime minister, he had described India as “emerging democratic superpower" and added that a trade deal with India could be seen as making “the world safer for democracy."
“With the world’s other emerging superpower becoming more belligerent almost by the day, it’s in everyone’s interests that India take its rightful place among the nations as quickly as possible," Abbott said referring to China.
The former Australian prime minister, who was named Prime Minister Scott Morison’s special trade envoy for India to deepen trade and investment links that will help drive post-covid recovery last week, was in India for talks between 2-6 August.
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