Australian PM Assures Indian Students’ Safety
Thursday, November 12, 2009 at 5:57 pm
New Delhi
: Australian PM Assures Indian Students’ Safety, Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd said Thursday his government is committed to take all “physically possible” step in ensuring that all international students in his country remain safe.
“The Australian government has pledged to do everything physically possible to ensure that all international students in Australia are safe and rewarding experience,” he told a luncheon meeting hosted by industry chambers CII.
Rudd said that Indian students represent the future of India, Australia and commercial ties are “guests in our country … We have an obligation to extend a hand of friendship and support to all indigenous students.
Indian External Affairs Ministry spokesman had said yesterday that “safety and security of Indian students and people of Indian origin is very important … unfortunately been repeated attacks in the last week or so.”
Students from India have been the target of racial attacks in Australia. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Foreign Minister SM Krishna have already addressed the issue with Australia.
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