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Defence Minister Rajnath Singh arrived successful Canberra connected Thursday (October 9, 2025) arsenic portion of his authoritative sojourn to Australia, aimed astatine strengthening defence and strategical practice betwixt the 2 nations.
At the airport, Mr. Singh was received by Peter Khalil, Australia's Assistant Minister of Defence and Vice Admiral Justin Jones, Chief of Joint Operations.
The Defence Minister held a gathering with Australia’s Deputy PM & Defence Minister Richard Marles. Mr. Singh said successful a station connected X, “We reviewed the afloat spectrum of India-Australia defence cooperation, including defence industry, cyber defence, maritime information and determination challenges. We reaffirmed the value of our Comprehensive Strategic Partnership.”
Had a productive gathering with Australia's Deputy PM & Defence Minister @RichardMarlesMP. We reviewed the afloat spectrum of IndiaAustralia defence cooperation, including defence industry, cyber defense, maritime information and determination challenges. We reaffirmed the value of our… pic.twitter.com/Yg5LN3S1fs
— Rajnath Singh (@rajnathsingh) October 9, 2025He besides wrote, “I highlighted the accelerated maturation of India’s defence manufacture and India’s increasing stature arsenic a credible root of high-quality defence tech globally. We discussed imaginable for deeper defence manufacture partnerships betwixt India and Australia.”
A "Welcome to Country smoke" ceremonial was besides held astatine the Australian Parliament to honour and invited Defence Minister Rajnath Singh. The ceremonial was portion of a reconciliation process, arsenic it acknowledges the accepted ownership of the onshore and involves Aboriginal Australians successful events that instrumentality spot connected their accepted lands.
