Melbourne, July 9 -- India and Australia on Thursday unveiled the Australia-India Joint Declaration on Defence and Security Cooperation (2026), committing to accelerate their defence and security partnership and deepen cooperation across maritime security, defence industries, critical technologies, counter-terrorism and regional stability in the Indo-Pacific.

The declaration which was issued during Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to Australia, reaffirmed the two countries' Comprehensive Strategic Partnership (CSP) and outlined an ambitious roadmap for closer strategic coordination amid an increasingly uncertain geopolitical environment.

"We... commit to this Joint Declaration on Defence and Security Cooperation," the two Prime Mini...