Canberra: Congratulatory messages continue to pour in to Prime Minister Narendra Modi on his election victory, with leaders from across the world including Australia, Brazil, New Zealand and the Philippines expressing hope of further strengthening ties with India under his leadership.

With the Bharatiya Janata Party-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) winning 293 seats in the Lok Sabha elections, Modi is all set to take charge as Prime Minister on Sunday for a historic third consecutive term.

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese spoke to Modi and congratulated him on his election victory.

He said, “Australia and India are close friends with strong strategic, economic and cultural ties. We look forward to growing our partnership in 2024 and beyond.,

Philippines President Bonabong Marcos heartily congratulated Modi for securing the new mandate.

"The past decade has shown India to be a true friend of the Philippines and I look forward to further strengthening our bilateral and regional partnership in the years to come," he said.

Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva wished Modi a successful third term in office to promote sustainable development, tackle inequalities and strengthen cooperation between our countries.

"Brazil and India are allies in combating injustice in the international system and in the fight against hunger and poverty. Let us meet here at the G20 and IBSA summits in Brazil and continue working together," he posted on Twitter.,

"Hearty congratulations to Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the Indian election results. It is wonderful to see the celebration of democracy in the world's largest voting exercise. I look forward to working with the Government of India to achieve meaningful growth in New Zealand-India relations. " Zeeland's Prime Minister Christopher Luxon said.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Canada stands ready to work with Prime Minister Modi-led government to advance bilateral relations based on human rights, diversity and the rule of law, as he congratulated the Indian leader on his election victory. Congratulated his counterpart."Congratulations to Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on his election victory," Trudeau wrote on Twitter.

"Canada looks forward to working with their governments to advance relations between our peoples, based on human rights, diversity and the rule of law," he said.

Bilateral relations came under severe strain following Trudeau's allegations in September last year of "possible" involvement of Indian agents in the killing of Khalistani separatist Hardeep Singh Nijjar in Canada.

India has rejected Trudeau's allegations as "absurd" and "motivated".

Estonian Prime Minister Kaja Kallas, in his message on Modi's victory, said: "

Glad to see that bilateral relations between #Estonia and #India have expanded in recent years.Look forward to further collaboration in the digital and cyber sector and strengthening industry ties.”

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen congratulated the people of India and Modi.

He said, "As the EU moves forward in its own elections, we celebrate the voice of the people in our democracies, the two largest democracies in the world. I look forward to a continued fruitful partnership between the EU and India." I hope so.”

Describing India's general elections as a "triumph of democracy", Israel's former Prime Minister and current opposition leader, Yair Lapid, on Thursday congratulated Modi on his victory and expressed hope that relations between his country and India would "be strengthened". "".

"The world's biggest election took place in India and it was a victory for democracy", Lapid, a former journalist, posted on the social media platform X, formerly Twitter.He said, "Congratulations to Narendra Modi on his victory. I am sure that under his leadership, relations between India and Israel will continue to strengthen."

Lapid was Israel's Prime Minister in July 2022 when the I2U2 leaders' summit was held, announcing major joint projects.

I2Us, a unique partnership between India, Israel, the United Arab Emirates and the United States, was created to identify bankable projects and initiatives to tackle some of the biggest challenges facing the world, including through joint investment and Special attention was given to new initiatives in water. , energy, transportation, space, health, food security and technology.