India-Australia holds inaugural 2+2 ministerial dialogue in New Delhi

External Affairs Minister Dr. S Jaishankar today termed India-Australia 2+2 Ministerial Dialogue as productive. In his opening remarks during the Dialogue in New Delhi, Dr. Jaishankar said both the countries are meeting at a very crucial time when, along with a pandemic, the geopolitical environment is in rapid flux.

• India and Australia are undertaking their first-ever 2+2 ministerial dialogue at the Hyderabad House in New Delhi on September 11, 2021.
• The high-level foreign and defence ministerial level dialogue will further ramp up the overall defence and strategic cooperation between the two countries, including in the Indo-Pacific cooperation amid China’s increasing military assertiveness in the region.
• Indian delegation at inaugural ‘two-plus-two’ talks is being led by External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar and Defence Minister Rajnath Singh with their Australian counterparts Marise Payne and Peter Dutton, respectively..
• India have 2-2 Ministerial level meetings framework with very few countries, including the USA and Japan.