External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar spoke at the 6th Australia-India Leadership Dialogue, emphasizing the importance of the theme “Bridges of Bharosa,” which represents the confidence and collaboration between Australia and India as “like-minded partners.” The virtual conversation emphasized the importance of this trust in promoting an Indo-Pacific region that is free, open, peaceful, and prosperous.
“Australia India Leadership Dialogue has quite aptly used the phrase Bridges of Bharosa as one of its themes in this complicated world. It is the bharosa or trust between like-minded partners such as India and Australia along with others that is helping us in our efforts to secure a free, open, peaceful and prosperous Indo-Pacific region,” Jaishankar said during his virtual address at the 6th edition of the dialogue.
Jaishankar described the various bilateral frameworks that combine to form the two countries’ Comprehensive Strategic Partnership (CSP). Conversations like the Foreign Ministers Framework Dialogue, the two-plus-two defense meeting, the CEO’s Forum, the Trade Minister’s Commission, the Education and Skills Council, and numerous topic-specific working groups are among them.
“A wide array of bilateral frameworks such as Foreign Ministers Framework Dialogue, the two plus two defence and Foreign Ministers meeting the Trade Minister’s Commission, Education and Skills Council, CEO’s Forum, renewable Energy Partnership and several subject-specific working groups. These are the features of our wide-ranging CSP,” Jaishankar added.