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The dialogue centered on enhancing defence cooperation and furthering the comprehensive strategic partnership between India and Australia.<\/p>\n<p>In a post on X, Rajnath Singh stated, \u201cSpoke with Australia\u2019s Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Defence Mr. @RichardMarlesMP. We reviewed a range of issues pertaining to defence cooperation and discussed closer collaboration between India and Australia in the Indo-Pacific. We place great value on the India-Australia Comprehensive Strategic Partnership.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The two leaders acknowledged significant progress in defence cooperation under the comprehensive strategic partnership and commended the momentum achieved since the last India-Australia 2+2 Ministerial Dialogue held in November 2023, as per a press release from the Ministry of Defence.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAustralia considers India a top-tier security partner in their National Defence Strategy document released in 2024,\u201d the statement highlighted.<\/p>\n<p>The Indian High Commission in Canberra noted the remarkable growth in ties between India and Australia in recent years.<\/p>\n<p>In June, External Affairs Minister S. 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The dialogue centered on enhancing defence cooperation and furthering the comprehensive strategic partnership between India and Australia. In a post on X, Rajnath Singh stated, \u201cSpoke with Australia\u2019s Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Defence [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":275866,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[44],"tags":[10581,6631,10582,1338,10583],"class_list":{"0":"post-275865","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-world","8":"tag-australias-deputy-prime-minister","9":"tag-defence-minister","10":"tag-minister-of-defence","11":"tag-rajnath-singh","12":"tag-richard-marles"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Rajnath Singh holds strategic talks with Australian counterpart<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Defence minister Rajnath Singh holds strategic talks with Australian 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