Melbourne, July 10 -- Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Australian counterpart Anthony Albanese concluded the third Australia-India Annual Leaders' Summit on Thursday, marking a significant milestone in the two nations' six-year Comprehensive Strategic Partnership.

The meeting, hosted in Melbourne, resulted in a landmark suite of agreements focused on reinforcing the Indo-Pacific's security architecture, securing critical mineral supply chains, and accelerating the transition to clean energy.

According to the joint statement released by the PMO Australia, central to the summit was the release of a new Joint Declaration on Defence and Security Cooperation, which effectively replaces the 2009 security pact and deepens military integrat...