Raksha Mantri and Australian Deputy Prime Minister & Defence Minister co-chair second India-Australia Defence Ministers’ Dialogue

• 2nd edition of the India-Australia Defence Ministers' Dialogue (DMD), co-chaired by Raksha Mantri Rajnath Singh and Australian Deputy PM & Defence Minister Richard Marles at Manekshaw Centre, New Delhi on 1 June 2026.
• Builds on the Comprehensive Strategic Partnership (CSP) elevated in 2020; advances defence industrial collaboration, futuristic-tech R&D and Indo-Pacific cooperation.
• Examinable as a bilateral mechanism feeding into India's Indo-Pacific strategy and Quad architecture.