India, Aus ink landmark defence pact after Modi-Morrison online summit

India has already signed similar agreements with the US, France and Singapore

Current Affairs : India and Australia on Thursday inked a milestone understanding for proportional access to army installations for coordinations support other than firming up six additional agreements to encourage wide base ties after Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Australian partner Scott Morrison held an online culmination.

The Mutual Logistics Support Agreement (MLSA) will permit militaries of the two nations to utilize each other’s bases for fix and recharging of provisions other than encouraging scaling up of generally speaking safeguard participation.

India has just consented to comparative arrangements with the US, France and Singapore.

Different agreements will accommodate respective participation in regions of digital and digital empowered basic innovation, mining and minerals, military innovation, professional training, and water assets the board.

In the discussions, the different sides likewise pondered on a large group of key issues incorporating managing the developing danger of psychological warfare, oceanic security challenges in the Indo-Pacific locale, change in the World Trade Organization and approaches to manage the coronavirus emergency.

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