Daily Current Affairs / India-Australia inaugurate 2+2 Ministerial Dialogue
Category : International Published on: September 13 2021
· India and Australia are holding their first 2+2 ministerial talks at Hyderabad House in New Delhi.
· The high-level foreign and defense ministerial talks will advance overall defense and strategic cooperation between the two countries, including Indo-Pacific cooperation amid China's growing military assertiveness in the region.
· In the inaugural 'two-plus-two' talks, the Indian delegation is being led by External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar and Defense Minister Rajnath Singh along with their Australian counterparts Maris Payne and Peter Dutton respectively.
· India has had 2-2 ministerial meetings with very few countries including USA and Japan.
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v Prime minister: Scott Morrison
v Capital: Canberra
v Currency: Australian dollar
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