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In Pics: Narendra Modi addresses Australian Parliament

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday took a playful dig at his Australian counterpart, telling lawmakers that it could be Tony Abbott's way of getting at them by making them listen to three

India TV News Desk Published : Nov 18, 2014 23:31 IST, Updated : Nov 20, 2014 18:30 IST



Abbott had threatened to "shirtfront" Putin — a football term used in Australia for a head-on shoulder charge to an opponent's chest — at the G20 summit in Brisbane.

British Prime Minister David Cameron and Chinese President Xi Jinping have addressed the Australian parliament before Modi this week.

"I am truly honoured and humbled by this opportunity to speak to you," said Modi, the first Indian prime minister to address the Australian parliament.

"I stand here as one of you — a representative of the people; I come to you with the greetings of 1.25 billion people of a nation, linked to Australia by the great Indian Ocean; by our connected history and our many shared inheritances — and, even more by our deeply interlinked destinies.

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