Defence Minister Rajnath Singh’s two-day visit to Australia, culminating in a wide-ranging bilateral meeting with Deputy Prime Minister and Defence Minister Richard Marles in Canberra on October 9, has reaffirmed the strategic depth and operational maturity of the India–Australia defence partnership. Marking five years of the Comprehensive Strategic Partnership (CSP), the visit reflected how the two democracies are steadily transitioning from shared values to shared capabilities in pursuit of a stable Indo-Pacific.

The meeting carried both symbolic and substantive weight. It highlighted not just converging geopolitical interests but also tangible cooperation across defence exercises, maritime domain awareness, defence industry, and emerging technologies — signalling a new phase of institu

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