India- Australia 2+2 Defence Dialogue

Recently, India and Australia held 2+2 Ministerial Dialogue to step up defence cooperation and deepen the strategic relationship in sectors such as critical minerals and trade and investment.

2+2 Dialogue is a format of meeting of the foreign and defence ministers of India and its allies on strategic and security issues.
India-Australia 2+2 Defence Dialogue – 1^st session held in 2021 and 2^nd dialogue held in 2023 at New Delhi, India.
Areas of cooperation - Defence and security, trade & investment, critical minerals, energy, climate change, S&T, space, education and people to people linkages along with regional and global issues.
Conclusion of 2nd dialogue - Both nations agreed to cooperate further in information exchange, Maritime Domain Awareness (MDA), hydrography cooperation and in air-to-air refuelling.
Significance – There have been several 1^st in this cooperation
- The maiden visit of an Indian Navy submarine to Australia.
- Canberra hosting the Malabar naval exercise.
- Indian Navy Dornier and Air Force C-130 visiting Cocos Keeling Island.

At present, India has 2+2 dialogue with UK (2023), Australia (2021), Russia (2021), Japan (2019) and USA (2018).

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