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India Australia Canada Partnership: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday unveiled a new trilateral framework, the Australia-Canada-India Technology and Innovation (ACITI) Partnership after a high-level meeting with Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney on the sidelines of the G20 Leaders’ Summit in Johannesburg.

The initiative is being positioned as a major strategic step to deepen collaboration among three democratic nations spanning three continents, with a sharp focus on emerging technologies, clean energy transition, artificial intelligence, and resilient supply chains.

Trilateral Push For Future-Tech And Clean Energy

PM Modi described the ACITI Partnership as a platform designed to ensure that technological progress leads to tangible benefits for future generations. In a post on X, he said the initiative would “deepen collaboration between democratic partners across three continents and three oceans in emerging technologies, support diversification of supply chains, clean energy, and mass adoption of AI.”

The Ministry of External Affairs said the partnership will tap into the natural strengths of the three countries, particularly in green energy innovation, critical minerals, and responsible AI ecosystems. A joint statement issued after the meeting noted that officials from the three nations will convene in the first quarter of 2026 to take the work forward.

Critical Minerals, Net-Zero Goals At Core

According to the Canadian government’s statement, the trilateral effort will focus on building secure, sustainable, and resilient supply chains, especially for critical minerals essential for renewable energy systems and next-generation technologies.

The partnership also aims to accelerate the shift toward net-zero emissions, drive innovation in clean energy solutions, and expand opportunities for value addition at source. The emphasis on supply-chain diversification comes at a time of global uncertainty, intensified geopolitical frictions, and growing demand for rare minerals that underpin digital and green transitions.

For New Delhi, the agreement carries additional political weight. It marks a steady revival of India–Canada relations after a prolonged period of diplomatic strain under former Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. The new Liberal government under Mark Carney has been recalibrating its approach, distancing itself from earlier fault lines and seeking to rebuild trust. Recent exchanges, including visits by Canadian ministers Anita Anand and Maninder Sidhu, and External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar’s trip to Canada for the G7 Foreign Ministers’ meeting, signal a gradual restoration of engagement.

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PM Modi’s Key G20 Engagements

PM Modi also met British Prime Minister Keir Starmer and UN Secretary-General António Guterres in Johannesburg. Calling his meeting with Starmer “wonderful,” the Prime Minister said the India–UK partnership had gained fresh momentum this year. His discussion with Guterres was described as “very productive” and touched upon pressing global challenges.

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Addressing the opening session of the G20 Summit, PM Modi suggested a number of initiatives, including the G20 Critical Minerals Circularity Initiative, to increase recycling, reduce supply-chain pressure and strengthen collaborative research. The G20 Declaration reflected some of these concerns in a voluntary action plan to assist mineral-rich developing countries for responsible mining, value addition and economic participation.

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