Australia will host a key upcoming international naval exercise for the first time as the government hails the strength of its relationship with India.
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese revealed the defence operation as Climate Change and Energy Minister Chris Bowen stressed the need for greater regional security in clean energy supply chains.
For the past three years, Exercise Malabar has involved all four Quad nations in various locations around the Indo-Pacific.
Defence ships and aircraft from Australia, India, Japan, and the United States take part in a bid to increase military co-operation between countries.
The announcement came as Albanese and Chris Bowen met India’s external affairs minister, Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, in Sydney on Saturday….