Thiruvananthapuram, Oct. 25 -- Australian High Commissioner to India, Philip Green, on Sunday visited the ongoing India - Australia Bilateral Army Exercise AUSTRAHIND 2026 being conducted at Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala.

Highlighting India's growing importance as a key security partner, he emphasised the strategic significance of the eastern Indian Ocean in connecting the two nations. He underscored the need for closer defence cooperation to address emerging multi-domain security challenges and uphold a free and open Indo-Pacific.

He commended joint exercises such as AUSTRAHIND for strengthening strategic trust, operational interoperability and military-to-military cooperation between India and Australia.

Highlighting his visit, Green wr...