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SM Krishna “satisfied” with Oz over Indian students’ issue
from 2009-08 Sydney (2)
by Indian Link
These include Deakin University, Griffith dith Cowan University, acquarie nglish, and Australian provide more than ndia elbourne that will work to strengthen bilateral ties between the two countries, Deputy Prime inister Julia Gillard announced during nstitute is a joint project of the robe outh Wales and they will invest around $2 speaking with the media in sydney, he outlined a number of measures that must be taken to ensure the security of indian students here. the responsibility for this lies with many interlinked parties, he seemed to suggest. The first of these, were the students themselves. “Prospective students need to do a lot more research prior to coming to Australia – they should know well what to expect and what the situation here is,” he stated.
He also interacted with indian students and the Indian community to learn firsthand the problems faced by them.
“the Australian government must work towards ensuring more security for the towards better regulation of the education agents and promoters in india,” Krishna said. “We will set up systems to ensure that there is more clarity in the system in india”.
Krishna was in Cairns to participate in the Annual Post Forum Dialogue meeting of the 16-nation Pacific Island Forum (PiF), at which india is a dialogue partner. the forum focussed on issues like climate change and the situation in Fiji.
“I am quite satisfied that Australian government and state governments are very clear so far what kind of relations they want with India - they want a very positive and cordial relationship,” Krishna said india, once due to indian elections and then because indian Prime minister manmohan singh was recovering from a bypass surgery early this year. rudd was quoted as saying by The Australian. “i look forward to visiting india”. the attacks on indian students in Australia notwithstanding, at least a dozen universities from that country are currently in india to woo students. million bringing the total investment in the project to more than $10 million over three
“it’s an important relationship for Australia and like most of our relationships around the world, has some bumps in the road from time to time... but we can work our way through them,” rudd said.
“As the world’s largest democracy and a key emerging economy, India is redefining its role in international affairs. Its influence in our region and globally is growing. india is currently a top ten trading partner for Australia and the economic relationship between the two countries has grown strongly in recent years,” said Gillard.
“the institute will work to increase Australians’ understanding of india, its culture, its history and its place in the world by producing and promoting specialised knowledge about india.”
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