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We are LIVE tweeting the keynote address by the Honourable Prime Minister of Australia @thepmo. Join us using #Raisina2021 #RaisinaDialogue

.@thepmo: We are free people, liberal democracies, with the aspiration and the dignity of our people at the heart of who we are as democratic nations. Australia and India have been friends a long time, with so much in common. #Raisina2021 #RaisinaDialogue

.@thepmo: The Indo-Pacific is the region that will shape our prosperity, our security and our destiny, individually and collectively. It is a dynamic region full of promise, but we are not blind to the geopolitical realities. #Raisina2021 #RaisinaDialogue

.@thepmo: The Indo-Pacific is the epicentre of strategic competition. Tensions over territorial claims are growing, military modernisation is at an unprecedented rate. Democratic sovereign nations are being threatened by foreign interference. #Raisina2021 #RaisinaDialogue

.@thepmo: Cyber attacks, including from state sponsored actors, are becoming more sophisticated and frequent. #Raisina2021 #RaisinaDialogue

.@thepmo: Economic coercion is being employed as a tool of statecraft. Liberal rules and norms are under assault, and there is a risk of polarization between autocracy and the liberal democracies and liberal values that underpin the global order. #Raisina2021 #RaisinaDialogue

.@thepmo: The pandemic has accelerated many of the strategic trends that have created this strain. But it has also created new opportunities to build a durable strategic balance in the Indo-Pacific. #Raisina2021 #RaisinaDialogue

.@thepmo: This strategic balance favours freedom, where likeminded nations act cohesively in shared interests, on economic security and environmental issues, guided by rules based solutions that ensure peace and stability. #Raisina2021 #RaisinaDialogue

.@thepmo: Australia has always been direct about our aspirations - it's our nature. We've been clear about our vision for a free, open and prosperous Indo-Pacific, underpinned by rules of law and respect for sovereignty. #Raisina2021 #RaisinaDialogue

.@thepmo: Last year we launched our defence strategic update, a major strengthening of our force posture to focus on our immediate region. Australia has committed some AUD 270 billion to defence over the next decade. That's our floor, not ceiling. #Raisina2021 #RaisinaDialogue

.@thepmo: I thank the Quad leaders for their involvement and leadership in bringing this forum together at that level, and I particularly thank President Biden for bringing that meeting together and chairing it on that occasion. #Raisina2021 #RaisinaDialogue

.@thepmo: The Quad leaders meeting was historic, all leveraging our agency working on a positive and inclusive agenda for the Indo-Pacific, for the shared benefit for all in our region. #Raisina2021 #RaisinaDialogue

.@thepmo: In India I know we have a friend who will help build our region. We have looked on with admiration as India has taken an increasingly active role in the Indian Ocean and Indo-Pacific. #Raisina2021 #RaisinaDialogue

.@thepmo: India is building economic capability, promoting maritime security, and advocating regional cooperation. We welcome India's leadership and engagement. #Raisina2021 #RaisinaDialogue

.@thepmo: Last June we took our relationship to a new level, a comprehensive strategic partnership. This is a declaration of our shared values and interests, our capabilities and trust we have for each other. #Raisina2021 #RaisinaDialogue

.@thepmo: India and Australia will cooperate in new ways - commerce, critical minerals, science and research, technology, as well as defence, maritime, and cyber issues. #Raisina2021 #RaisinaDialogue

We come to the end of the keynote address by the Honourable Prime Minister of Australia @thepmo. Thank you for joining us! #Raisina2021 #RaisinaDialogue