Prime Minister Tony Abbott will travel to India later today, where he is expected to sign a deal on uranium exports.

During his two-day visit to the country he will meet with newly installed prime minister Narendra Modi.

India is not a signatory to the Nuclear-Non Proliferation Treaty but Mr Abbott said Australia should be prepared to sell uranium to India under suitable safeguards.

"We want to put suitable safeguards in place," he told the ABC's 7.30 program.

"And I make the point that if we are prepared to sell uranium to Russia - and we've been prepared to do that in the past - surely we ought to be prepared to provide uranium to India under suitable safeguards.

"India is a fully functioning democracy with the rule of law and I think we should be prepared to support India and that's what my upcoming visit will be all about."

Mr Abbott will be travelling with a business delegation, which includes a representative from an Australian uranium company, to Mumbai and New Delhi in a bid to strengthen the strategic partnership between the two countries.

The Prime Minister will also visit Kuala Lumpur on Saturday for talks with the Malaysian prime minister Najib Razak.