Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbot In India

Australia's Prime Minister Tony Abbot visited India which is an 'emerging democratic superpower' for signing a uranium dealing treaty .Narendra Modi ,the Indian counterpart of Abbot was to sign on the same paper.A ban was in effort for a long time but that is now over.Ban has been removed for uranium sale to India which has not signed on NPT.But now Australia's Prime Minister greeds to make a deal with India as it is expected to be used in power production to lessen the shortage of power supply in India.Besides Australia wants to make a decent relation with India in all respect specially in trade and commerce .Modi has started the journey.Modi has extended his hand and Tony Abbot tries to hold it .

Australia's Prime Minister's Purpose of Visit in India:

"The purpose of this trip, as far as I am concerned, is to acknowledge the importance of India in the wider world," the Australian PM said.

On Thursday morning, on a two-day visit ,Australian Prime Minister arrived in India.Prime Minister Abbott landed in the financial capital.Strengthening the strategic partnership and promoting trade and investment are major areas which Australian Prime Minister tried to fix in India .He came to visit New Delhi and India's financial capital, Mumbai .India is the Australia's fifth largest export market with total exports of $11.4 billion.So Australia has constantly been trying to sharpen the relationship with India.In each and every sector Australia is trying to catch the hand in India.It knows that India has a huge market which has been announced open by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi.World has an eye how to win the India’s market.So there is an open competition about who will hold the India’s super market.Australia has started the race.Cooperation is what both the countries need in resources, science, technology and education .The uranium deal is one of the most important issue in this tour.Besides Australia has begun to strengthen its power to promote G20 objectives ahead of the Brisbane summit in November. A group of senior business leaders accompanied the Prime Minister Abbot.India is not a signatory to the nuclear non-proliferation treaty(NPT).But Abbot is hopeful ."I am hoping to sign a nuclear co-operation agreement that will enable uranium sales by Australia to India," he told in Australian parliament.The mining, finance and education are some of his targeted areas which could be dealt with India.

Appointments :

Abbot was welcomed at Rashtrapati Bhavan in the morning, Abbott laid wreaths at Rajghat annd India Gate .Then he went to Hyderabad House to have a meeting with Modi,the India’s Prime Minister. The launch of the Australian government's New Colombo Plan in India was attended by him and the ceremony for felicitation of young cricketers by cricket greats Adam Gilchrist and Brett Lee at Cricket Club of India was also attended by the Australian Prime Minister.Sachin Tendulkar,the Indian cricket god, was present there.In Hotel Taj Mahal Palace wreaths were given to the memorial for the deceased in a terror attack in 2008 in this hotel where some innocent people and some brave soldiers were mercilessly killed by inhuman terrorists who were also later captured and executed legally.Abbot met the President Pranab Mukherjee, Vice-President Hamid Ansari, Prime Minister Modi and external affairs minister Sushma Swaraj separately.

Australia is the world's third-largest producer of uranium.Canberra lifted a long-standing ban on exporting uranium ore to India though India is not a signatory to the NPT .The labor party reversed its decision without making any change in the India’s disagreement to sign the nuclear non-proliferation treaty(NPT).But Tony Abbot said they took a safeguard in uranium dealing to India. "We have satisfied ourselves that the steps (for appropriate safeguards) are in place," Trade minister Andrew Robb said .India has a chronic power shortage .Its most power comes from fossil fuels including oil, coal and natural gas.Thus Australia is supplying uranium to cope with the power crisis in India.

“India has an absolutely impeccable non-proliferation record – and India has been a model international citizen.India threatens no one. India is the friend to many. India is the world's emerging democratic superpower, and this (uranium deal) is an important sign of the mutual trust that exists between Australia and India," Abbot said.

India has been in an attempt to use nuclear energy as an alternative. It has 20 reactors with a capacity of 4,780 megawatts. but just nine are functioning at capacity. India hopes that it will be producing 63,000 megawatts of nuclear energy by 2032.

India has not signed the NPT .But Australia's Prime Minister till agreed to make a uranium deal with India. Why such kind of decision has been taken by the Australia's government? This is because India's record in International arena. Tony Abbot said ," India is a model international civilian". India has a great reputation in its name.It loves peace.It will not threaten any country.“India has an absolutely impeccable non-proliferation record –and India has been a model international citizen.India threatens no one. India is the friend to many.” ,Abbot said.Thus Australia agreed. India has gained the access to produce nuclear power to make up the electric shortage.Thus India will be able to cut the crisis. Defense , counter-terrorism, disarmament and non-proliferation will be mutually executed in time of necessity. Sports universities will be inaugurated with the assistance of Australia. The first bilateral naval exercise between Australia and India will be held in 2015 Modi said," There will be red carpet,no red tape." Tony Abbot understood the invitation of Narendra Modi in India for launching business.India has a huge market but what it needs is investment.Foreign investment seems to come after Modi's visit to Japan.The great news is that 'Energy superpower ' Australia comes in 'an emerging democratic superpower' India.