<p>The two leaders had met on the sidelines of the East Asia Summit on Saturday in Vietnam's capital Hanoi.<br /><br />Gillard had outlined the measures taken by Australia to revise rules and laws to prevent frequent attacks on Indians during her meeting with Singh.<br /><br />The Prime Minister is expected to be in Perth in October next year for the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM).<br /><br />According to AAP, Gillard's spokesman said that Singh was invited to extend his time in Australia for a separate official visit either before or after the CHOGM.<br /><br />Singh is yet to formally accept the invitation, and the Indian High Commission in Canberra today declined to comment on the issue.<br /><br />India is Australia's fourth largest export market and just over 4,00,000 people living here claim to have Indian origin.<br /><br />The visit is expected to allay some of the concerns about the safety of Indian students here after a string of racial attacks.<br /><br />Influx of international students had fallen by 30 per cent in the last financial year, mostly due to a drop in arrival of Indian students in the wake of much-publicised racial attacks.<br /><br />It has also been affected by the strengthening of the Australian dollar and aggressive marketing by universities in the United States.</p>
<p>The two leaders had met on the sidelines of the East Asia Summit on Saturday in Vietnam's capital Hanoi.<br /><br />Gillard had outlined the measures taken by Australia to revise rules and laws to prevent frequent attacks on Indians during her meeting with Singh.<br /><br />The Prime Minister is expected to be in Perth in October next year for the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM).<br /><br />According to AAP, Gillard's spokesman said that Singh was invited to extend his time in Australia for a separate official visit either before or after the CHOGM.<br /><br />Singh is yet to formally accept the invitation, and the Indian High Commission in Canberra today declined to comment on the issue.<br /><br />India is Australia's fourth largest export market and just over 4,00,000 people living here claim to have Indian origin.<br /><br />The visit is expected to allay some of the concerns about the safety of Indian students here after a string of racial attacks.<br /><br />Influx of international students had fallen by 30 per cent in the last financial year, mostly due to a drop in arrival of Indian students in the wake of much-publicised racial attacks.<br /><br />It has also been affected by the strengthening of the Australian dollar and aggressive marketing by universities in the United States.</p>