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On the same team: Australian foreign minister Marise Payne

Marise Payne opens up about her mission to strengthen strategic and economic partnerships with India in the Indo-Pacific region.

Visiting New Delhi last week, Australia's minister for foreign affairs Marise Payne spoke to Raj Chengappa about her mission to strengthen strategic and economic partnerships with India in the Indo-Pacific region. Excerpts from the interview:

Q: India-Australia relations were long characterised by mutual indifference. Has that changed?

It has changed significantly in recent times. The tangible aspects of that [are in] the development of Australia's India Economic Strategy by Peter Varghese, a former high commissioner. It sets up

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