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New Zealand and India Forge Defence Partnership During Modi’s Historic Visit<\/strong><\/p>\n On Saturday, New Zealand and India announced a new strategic partnership focused on defence and security, marking a significant event during Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit.<\/p>\n Prime Minister Christopher Luxon welcomed Modi with a traditional Maori ceremony and a guard of honour, aiming to strengthen ties after a free-trade agreement signed in April, which he believes will boost the economy.<\/p>\n Modi’s trip comes at the end of a tour through Indonesia and Australia, and follows recent concerns in the Pacific region, sparked by China’s test of a ballistic missile.<\/p>\n This visit is noteworthy as it’s the first time an Indian prime minister has visited New Zealand in 40 years, highlighting India’s increasing engagement in the Pacific, especially amid rising Chinese influence.<\/p>\n Modi referred to the new partnership as a \u201cmilestone\u201d that would bring more energy and confidence to both nations. During discussions at Government House in Auckland, he emphasized the shared commitment to democratic values as a foundation for collaboration.<\/p>\n Supporters of Modi gathered at a community reception, showing strong enthusiasm for the developments in bilateral relations.<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" New Zealand and India Forge Defence Partnership During Modi’s Historic Visit On Saturday, New Zealand and India announced a new strategic partnership focused on defence and security, marking a significant event during Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit. Prime Minister Christopher Luxon welcomed Modi with a traditional Maori ceremony and a guard of honour, aiming<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":37098,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rank_math_lock_modified_date":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[27830,1985,4367,1113,48722,625,48966,471,1200,2125,48967,9054,3756,17593,48837],"class_list":["post-37097","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-india-news","tag-auckland","tag-australia","tag-beijing","tag-china","tag-christopher-luxon","tag-delhi","tag-government-house","tag-india","tag-indian","tag-indonesia","tag-maori","tag-modi","tag-new-zealand","tag-pacific-ocean","tag-shane-jones"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/indiabulletinusa.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37097","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/indiabulletinusa.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/indiabulletinusa.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indiabulletinusa.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indiabulletinusa.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=37097"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/indiabulletinusa.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37097\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indiabulletinusa.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/37098"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/indiabulletinusa.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37097"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indiabulletinusa.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=37097"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indiabulletinusa.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=37097"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}