PM Modi in New Zealand LIVE: India, New Zealand elevate ties to strategic partnership

Prime Minister Narendra Modi landed in Auckland last night in the third and final leg of his three-nation tour that largely focused on expanding cooperation in the Indo-Pacific against the backdrop of China’s increasing assertiveness in the region
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