The Indian External Affairs Minister and the Minister of Defense held talks with the Australian Foreign Minister at the high-level meeting of the India-Australia 2+2 Foreign Ministers and Defense Ministers Dialogue in New Delhi.
Highlights:
This dialogue aims to further strengthen the overall defense and strategic cooperation between the two countries, including cooperation in the Indo-Pacific region amid Chinas growing military confidence in the region.
The in-person talks are taking place at a time the world focus has been on the situation in Afghanistan and the problem is possible to determine in the deliberations.
The talks between the foreign and defense ministers were held as the Quad member states renewed their efforts to expand cooperation in the Indo-Pacific region.