India-Australia Forge Ahead with Ambitious Defence Pact
India and Australia pledged closer military coordination, expanded exercises and stronger defence supply chains as they respond to growing regional uncertainty.
- On Thursday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese unveiled the Australia-India Joint Declaration on Defence and Security Cooperation in Melbourne, committing to deepen military engagement and strategic coordination.
- Expressing concern over geostrategic uncertainty in the region, both leaders reaffirmed their commitment to a free, open, and peaceful Indo-Pacific underpinned by the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea.
- The declaration aims to enhance military interoperability, expand aircraft deployments, and bolster defence industrial collaboration through shipbuilding and repair, while leveraging the Australia-India Partnership on Cyber, Critical Technologies and Supply Chains .
- This agreement complements existing institutional mechanisms, including the Foreign Ministers Framework Dialogue, the 2+2 Foreign and Defence Ministerial Dialogue, and the Defence Ministers Dialogue, while reiterating support for the Indian Ocean Rim Association.
- Amid China's regional military expansion and President Donald Trump's withdrawal from the theatre, the leaders committed to continued cooperation through the Quad and joint humanitarian assistance exercises under the Quad Indo-Pacific Logistics Network.
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India-Australia Forge Ahead with Ambitious Defence Pact
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India, Australia unveil defence pact to boost Indo-Pacific security, military ties
As part of the expanded defence partnership, India and Australia agreed to hold consultations on defence developments in the Indo-Pacific, increase the complexity of military exercises, improve interoperability and information sharing
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