Tokyo, May 1 (IANS) Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi on Friday arrived in Hanoi as she commenced her five-day visit to Vietnam and Australia. Ahead of her departure from Tokyo, the Prime Minister’s Office stated that Takaichi will hold meetings with the General Secretary of the Communist Party, President To Lam and Prime Minister Le Minh Hung, and other Vietnamese leaders in Hanoi.The focus of the meetings, said Japanese Foreign Ministry, would be on strengthening the Japan-Vietnam Compreh…
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Canberra, April 24 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi is expected to visit Australia in July as part of a broader regional tour that will also take him to Indonesia and New Zealand, the local media reported on Friday citing government and diplomatic sources. The Australia Today reported that PM Modi will travel to Indonesia first, before heading to New Zealand on July 7 and 8 and then expected to arrive in Australia for a two-day visit on July 9 and 10, marking his return to the country amid de…
Sydney, April 22 (IANS) Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese on Wednesday announced the government has secured additional diesel shipments.Albanese told reporters in Sydney that four shipments, two from South Korea and one each from Brunei and Malaysia, with a combined 200 million litres of diesel, have been secured by the government in collaboration with BP and Viva Energy.He said that the government has been working to guarantee Australia’s domestic fuel supply amid global volatility and…
Sydney, April 18 (IANS) Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said on Saturday that Australia welcomes the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz and will consider deploying military assets to secure shipping in the region. Speaking to reporters in Sydney, Albanese welcomed Iran’s announcement that the Strait has completely reopened for all commercial vessels during the ceasefire between Israel and Lebanon.”This was positive news that we received last night,” Albanese said. “We want to see, though, this fr…
Canberra, April 17 (IANS) Australia will import 250,000 tonnes of fertiliser urea from Indonesia under a deal announced by Prime Minister Anthony Albanese on Friday.Albanese said in a joint statement with Foreign Affairs Minister Penny Wong and Minister for Agriculture Julie Collins that the deal between Australian supplier Incitec Pivot Fertilisers and manufacturer PT Pupuk Indonesia will supply 20 per cent of Australia’s fertiliser needs for the current season.”This is a significant outcome fo…
Melbourne, April 17 (IANS) Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said on Friday that a major fire that broke out at one of Australia’s two oil refineries will have a minimal impact on fuel production.Albanese on Friday returned early from an official trip to Brunei and Malaysia to inspect the damage at Viva Energy’s refinery southwest of Melbourne after equipment failure caused a major fire on Wednesday night. The fire was extinguished around midday on Thursday.Speaking to reporters at the refinery, A…
Canberra, April 8 (IANS) Australia on Wednesday welcomed the ceasefire announcement involving the United States, Iran and Israel, expressing hope that the agreement will be upheld and lead to a broader resolution of the ongoing conflict in West Asia.US President Donald Trump has stepped back from the brink of a major military escalation with Iran, announcing a conditional two-week pause in planned attacks tied to reopening the Strait of Hormuz, a development that came as a big relief to people a…
New Delhi, April 1 (IANS) India’s diesel exports to Southeast Asia rose to an over seven-year high in March, as demand for the fuel in the region and Australia surged amid the disruption in crude flows from the Middle East. This has filled a crucial gap for Australia because the country is heavily dependent on imported fuel and gets most of its supply from Asia, not from domestic refineries. Australia now meets less than 20 per cent of national fuel demand from its remaining refineries, while …
Canberra, March 30 (IANS) Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese on Monday announced the government will halve its tax on fuel sales in response to record-high prices.Albanese told reporters in Canberra after meeting with the state and territory leaders on Monday morning that the fuel excise will be cut for three months from Wednesday.He said that the initiative would reduce the cost of petrol and diesel by 26.3 cents per liter amid rising prices driven by the Middle East conflict oil crisis…
Sydney, March 28 (IANS) The Australian government will underwrite the purchase of essential products affected by the conflict in the Middle East under new fuel security measures announced by Prime Minister Anthony Albanese on Saturday.Albanese and Chris Bowen, the minister for energy, told reporters in Sydney that the government will on Monday introduce legislation to the federal parliament that will allow the existing export credit agency to underwrite the purchase of fuel, fertiliser and other…