India-Australia discuss strategic partnership in critical minerals, trade & investments
defence cooperation and deepen the strategic partnership in sectors such as critical minerals and trade and investment.
Defence minister Rajnath Singh and external affairs minister S. Jaishankar met Australian deputy prime minister and defence minister Richard Marles and foreign minister Penny Wong in New Delhi as part of the second India-Australia 2+2 Ministerial Dialogue.
Understandably, the situation in the Indo-Pacific region amid China’s military ambitions figured in the Dialogue.
In a post on X, formerly Twitter, external affairs ministry spokesman Arindam Bagchi said, «Ministers will exchange views on deepening multifaceted India-Australia ties, including in areas of defence and security, trade & investment, critical minerals, energy, climate change, S&T, space, education and people to people linkages.
