Modi meets Australian PM

New Delhi April 10 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi met his Australian counterpart Malcolm Turnbull ahead of a bilateral summit here on Monday.

Suprabhaat PM @TurnbullMalcolm! PM @narendramodi welcomes Prime Minister of Australia at Hyderabad House in Delhi External Affairs Ministry spokesperson Gopal Baglay tweeted.

Earlier on Monday Turnbull was accorded a ceremonial welcome at Rashtrapati Bhavan here.

External Affair Minister Sushma Swaraj also called on the visiting dignitary.

The Autralian Prime Minister arrived here on Sunday on a four-day state visit to India.

This is Turnbull s first bilateral visit to India since he assumed office in September 2015.

His predecessor Tony Abbott had visited India in September 2014 and this was followed by Prime Minister Modi s visit to Australia in November that year.

A number of agreements are expected to be signed following Monday s bilateral summit.

--IANS
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