New Delhi, June 1 -- Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and Australia's Deputy Prime Minister and Defence Minister Richard Marles co-chaired the second India-Australia Defence Ministers' Dialogue in New Delhi on Monday.

During the high-level meeting, the two countries agreed to begin developing a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on the provision of defence articles and defence services, a step aimed at deepening bilateral defence industrial collaboration.

The discussions also focused on maritime security, military interoperability, defence technology cooperation and Indo-Pacific security.

The two sides reviewed progress in the India-Australia defence partnership since the inaugural dialogue in October 2025 and discussed efforts to renew a...