Australian Foreign Affairs Minister Julie Bishop meets counterpart

The two talked about deepening regional engagement, and defence and security issues.

Besides, the meeting also aimed to strengthen bilateral and economic relations between the two countries.

Australia's High Commissioner to India, Harinder Sidhu, said the visit places emphasis on India as one of Australia's top economic and security partners, according to a statement from the Australian High Commission.

Julie Bishop, who is on a two-day visit to New Delhi, also met Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley and Human Resource Development Minister Prakash Javadekar, according to the External Affairs ministry./.