CANBERRA, ACT, July 9 -- The Prime Minister of Australia issued the following media release:
* We, the Prime Ministers of India and Australia, drawn together by our ever closer bilateral ties, united in our determination to strengthen our nations' strategic partnership and motivated by a common ambition for an open, peaceful, stable and prosperous Indo-Pacific, hereby commit to this Joint Declaration on Defence and Security Cooperation.* We reaffirm the vitality of our Comprehensive Strategic Partnership (CSP), established in 2020. Since the launch of our CSP, our strategic convergence has accelerated, our economic ties have deepened and the connections between our peoples - the living bridge between our nations - have grown stronger. We n...