New Delhi, July 28 -- Australian High Commissioner to India Philip Green on Tuesday said that India has become a "top-tier defence and security partner" for Australia, underscoring the growing strategic convergence between the two countries following Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to Australia from July 8-10 for the third India-Australia Annual Summit.

Addressing an event hosted by the Observer Research Foundation (ORF), Green said the joint declaration adopted during the summit reflected the depth and breadth of the bilateral relationship, spanning defence, maritime security, technology, energy, trade and people-to-people ties.

"The joint declaration brings it all together on the security side, and demonstrates that, as we would ...