Modi announces three-nation tech alliance with Australia, Canada at G20 summit

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday announced a new trilateral technology and innovation partnership with Australia and Canada following a meeting with his counterparts on the sidelines of the G20 Leaders’ Summit.

Modi said the Australia-Canada-India Technology and Innovation (ACITI) Partnership will expand cooperation in emerging technologies, strengthen supply-chain diversification, and support work in clean energy and artificial intelligence.

“We are delighted to announce an Australia-Canada-India Technology and Innovation (ACITI) Partnership today,” he said in a post after holding discussions with Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Canada’s Mark Carney.

“The initiative will 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,” he added.

Separately, Modi also met his British counterpart Keir Starmer and UN Secretary-General António Guterres.

“It was wonderful meeting Prime Minister Keir Starmer in Johannesburg. This year has brought new energy to the India–UK partnership and we will keep driving it forward across many domains,” Modi said in a post on X.

The prime minister said he had a “very productive” conversation with Guterres.

Addressing the opening session of the G20 Leaders’ Meeting earlier in the day, Modi called for a fundamental rethink of global development parameters and proposed the creation of a G20 initiative to counter the drug-terror nexus, along with a global healthcare response team.