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India-Australia Defence Ministers Co-chair Second Dialogue Meeting
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- The second India-Australia Defence Ministers' Dialogue was co-chaired by Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and Australia's Deputy Prime Minister and Defence Minister Richard Marles on 1 June 2026 at Manekshaw Centre, New Delhi
- The first dialogue meeting was held on 9 October 2025
- Both ministers welcomed progress in finalizing a framework for joint maritime security cooperation
- Agreed to advance collaborative maritime domain awareness activities with maritime patrol aircraft
- Agreed to explore opportunities in the submarine domain
- Encouraged more cooperation between Indian Coast Guard and Australia's Maritime Border Command
- Both countries are set to co-host a joint Search and Rescue exercise in June 2026 at the Maritime Rescue Coordination Centre in Chennai
- Working to prepare a Memorandum of Understanding on provision of defence materiel and defence services between India and Australia
- Welcomed Australia's first Defence Trade Mission in October 2025 and Australia-India Defence Industry Roundtable
- Agreed to further exchanges through Joint Working Group on Defence Industry, Research and Defence Materiel
- Exploring future defence science and technology research collaboration in new technological areas like sensor technology
- Australia invited India to participate in the 2026 Defence Science, Technology and Research Summit
- Expect Indian participation in Exercise Talisman Sabre 2027
- Welcomed Australia's participation in India's Exercise Milan in February 2026
- Welcomed India's participation in Australia's Exercise Kakadu in March 2026
- Expect participation in each other's multinational air exercises in 2026, including implementing bilateral air-to-air refueling arrangement in Exercise Pitch Black
- Welcomed development of this year's Army Exercise Austrahind now focusing on amphibious warfare and coastal maneuvers
- Australia welcomed India's first participation in Operation Render Safe 2026
- India welcomed Australia's invitation to participate in submarine rescue exercise Black Carillon
- First Joint Staff Talks expected by end of this year
- Planning to finalize arrangements for deploying an Indian guest instructor at Australian Defence College during 2028-2029
- Quad Indo-Pacific Maritime Surveillance Collaboration initiative will be initially implemented in the Indian Ocean region
- Welcome India's operation of Quad Indo-Pacific Partnership's Indian Ocean Region program for maritime domain awareness through Information Fusion Centre - Indian Ocean Region in Gurugram
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