Narendra Modi arrives in Melbourne

November 18, 2014 09:42 am | Updated November 28, 2021 07:39 am IST - Melbourne

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Australian counterpart Tony Abbott visit the Australian War Memorial in Canberra on Tuesday. After a hectic morning in Canberra, where he held bilateral talks with his Australian counterpart Tony Abbott, Mr. Modi arrived in Melbourne.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Australian counterpart Tony Abbott visit the Australian War Memorial in Canberra on Tuesday. After a hectic morning in Canberra, where he held bilateral talks with his Australian counterpart Tony Abbott, Mr. Modi arrived in Melbourne.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived in Melbourne on Tuesday on the fourth and final leg of his four-city tour of Australia.

He arrived in Melbourne after a hectic morning in Canberra, where he held bilateral talks with his Australian counterpart Tony Abbott and then addressed the Australian Parliament, the first Indian Prime Minister to do so.

Mr. Abbott will host a reception for his Indian counterpart at the iconic 161-year-old Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) later in the evening.

Mr. Modi will leave for Fiji in the night for a day-long visit to conclude his 10-day three-nation tour.

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