Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, who’s on an official go to to Australia, visited the historic and strategic naval facility HMAS Kuttabul in Sydney on Friday.
Sharing the replace in a put up on social media platform X, Singh mentioned he was familiarised with the amenities at Sydney Harbour onboard Admiral Hudson.
“Visited the historic and strategic naval facility HMAS Kuttabul in Sydney at the moment. Was familiarised with the spectacular amenities at Sydney Harbour onboard Admiral Hudson. Each international locations stand to profit from deepening India-Australia naval collaboration and coordinated maritime area consciousness within the Indo-Pacific area,” the Defence Minister posted.
Singh arrived in Sydney on Wednesday for a two-day official go to to Australia on the invitation of the nation’s Deputy Prime Minister and Defence Minister, Richard Marles.
On Thursday, he held bilateral conferences with Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Defence Minister Richard Marles to discover new avenues for strengthening cooperation between the 2 nations.
Following the conferences, Prime Minister Albanese wrote on social media: “Australia and India’s defence partnership retains getting stronger — constructed on belief, shared pursuits and a dedication to a peaceable, safe and affluent Indo-Pacific. Nice to fulfill with Indian Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on his first journey to Australia for the inaugural Australia-India Defence Ministers’ Dialogue.”
Singh described his discussions with Deputy Prime Minister Marles as “productive,” noting that each side reviewed the complete spectrum of India-Australia defence cooperation — together with the defence business, cyber defence, maritime safety, and regional challenges.
He mentioned the talks reaffirmed the significance of the Complete Strategic Partnership between the 2 international locations.
As top-tier safety companions, India and Australia mentioned the following steps to deepen their defence relationship, together with enhancing strategic dialogue and growing the complexity of joint army workouts. These discussions occurred throughout the Australia-India Defence Ministers’ Dialogue held at Parliament Home in Canberra on Thursday.
Rajnath Singh was welcomed by Deputy Prime Minister Marles for the inaugural session of the Dialogue, which marked a big milestone within the bilateral defence partnership. In his opening remarks, Singh mentioned each side had made substantial progress in defence cooperation throughout a variety of domains, protecting tempo with the general enhancement of bilateral relations.