India and Australia will implement a slew of “defence cooperation initiatives’’ to further strengthen the bilateral “strategic partnership’’, which range from stepped up military exchanges and regular defence dialogues to maritime security and a joint naval combat exercise in 2015.
This was decided in the extensive talks between defence minister A K Antony with his Australian counterpart Stephen Smith in Perth and Canberra on June 4 and 5. “The two ministers acknowledged the deepening bilateral strategic and defence cooperation. They agreed to continue to contribute to the peace, stability and prosperity of the Asia-Pacific region and to promote cooperation in the Indian Ocean region (IOR),’’said an official.
This was decided in the extensive talks between defence minister A K Antony with his Australian counterpart Stephen Smith in Perth and Canberra on June 4 and 5. “The two ministers acknowledged the deepening bilateral strategic and defence cooperation. They agreed to continue to contribute to the peace, stability and prosperity of the Asia-Pacific region and to promote cooperation in the Indian Ocean region (IOR),’’said an official.
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