Green, a senior officer with the department of foreign affairs and trade, served recently as Australia’s ambassador to Germany. Green will replace Barry O’Farrell, who has played a crucial role in shaping and guiding Australia’s defence, security and trade relations with India over the past three years. The consulate will deepen trade, investment and people-to-people ties and strengthen Australia’s technology partnership with south India, she said. He also served as New South Wales’ special envoy for India. Besides their close cooperation alongside Japan and the US within Quad, the security cooperation between India and Australia has been deepened because of shared concerns over China’s actions across the Indo-Pacific.

Source: Hindustan Times June 17, 2023 13:25 UTC