Australia’s Assistant Minister of Defence Peter Khalil on Friday said the relationship between Australia and India is “better than it has ever been,” highlighting opportunities to expand ties strategically, economically, in defence, and culturally.

Speaking to ANI, Khalil said, “This visit has been remarkable. It has been a great honour to welcome Defence Minister Singh to Australia to show him the beautiful city of Sydney and to also have this defence roundtable with the defence industry, where we can talk about the type of collaboration that will expand the defence relationship as well.”

During a bilateral meeting with Singh, Khalil described the visit as historic, noting that it had been 12 years since the last visit by an Indian Defence Minister.

He also recalled Prime Minister Nare

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