External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj held bilateral talks with her Australian counterpart Julie Bishop during which both the leaders stressed that the civil nuclear deal should be finalised as soon as possible.
The proposed visit by Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott to India before the G20 summit meeting in November in Australia also figured in the talks held on the sidelines of the ASEAN meeting here.
Australia holds about a third of the world's recoverable uranium resources, and exports nearly 7,000 tonnes a year.
"They felt that the nuclear deal should be completed at the earliest. It is in the interest of both the countries," External Affairs Ministry Spokesperson Syed Akbaruddin said.
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India has already concluded civil nuclear cooperation agreements with countries like Argentina and Kazakhstan.
This was preceded by the Australian Labour Party in December 2011 voting to lift a long-standing ban on the sale of uranium to India, which is not a signatory to the nuclear Non-Proliferation treaty.
Besides nuclear cooperation, Swaraj and Bishop discussed a number of key bilateral, regional and international issues including the upcoming G-20 summit which is likely to be attended by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Both Swaraj and Bishop also deliberated on a calendar of bilateral visits by top leaders of the two countries.
The Indian side also raised the issue of reported seizing of a boat by Australian authorities which had Indian nationals along with people from Sri Lanka.