Marise Payne will be visiting India on 8 and 9 January to participate in the Raisina Dialogue and meeting with senior government ministers, including Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
This is first visit to India by Marise Payne as Minister for Foreign Affairs and this follows the successful visit to Australia of the President of India His Excellency Ram Nath Kovind in November 2018.
The Raisina Dialogue in New Delhi is an important forum that reinforces the growing strategic importance of India in the region and the world. Her address to the Dialogue will detail how Australia and India can work together and with regional partners to deliver a stable and prosperous Indo-Pacific.