India, Australia Deepen Defense, Trade Ties Amid China Tensions
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Marise Payne during the "Third Indo-Pacific Oration" in New Delhi on Sept. 10.
Photographer: Prakash Singh/AFP/Getty Images
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India and Australia agreed to deepen maritime defense cooperation and strengthen trade ties amid widening differences with China.
India invited Australia to jointly develop and produce defense equipment and the two nations plan to expand cooperation in military information and logistics, Defense Minister Rajnath Singh told reporters on Saturday. Australia’s Foreign Minister Marise Payne and Defense Minister Peter Dutton are in New Delhi for a bilateral meeting with their Indian counterparts.