Tony Abbott's visit to India a chance to build closer ties after years of friction

By Jason Koutsoukis
Updated August 29 2014 - 3:13pm, first published 2:17pm
Experts say Australia and India have the chance to build closer ties after years of friction.  Photo: Alex Ellinghausen
Experts say Australia and India have the chance to build closer ties after years of friction. Photo: Alex Ellinghausen

Delhi: It doesn't seem so long ago when India's detonation of five nuclear devices so enraged then foreign minister Alexander Downer that three Indian army officers studying in Australia were hauled from their classrooms and booted out of the country.

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