Defence Minister Rajnath Singh shared a picture with his Japanese and Australian counterparts, calling it “JAI: Japan, Australia, India”, as he held bilateral talks on defence cooperation and Indo-Pacific security on the sidelines of the 13th ADMM-Plus in Cebu.
Cebu: Highlighting how India has maintained close ties with its partners in the Pacific Ocean, Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Thursday posted a picture with his counterparts, Japanese Minister of Defense Shinjirō Koizumi, and the Australian Minister for Defence Richard Marles.
“JAI: Japan, Australia, India”, the Defence Minister posted on X, with him holding hands of both Marles and Koizumi, as he stood in the middle.
Rajnath Singh held a meeting with Koizumi on the sidelines of the 13th ASEAN Defence Ministers’ Meeting-Plus (ADMM-Plus) in Cebu, the Philippines, and discussed ways to strengthen bilateral defence cooperation.
The ADMM is the highest defence consultative and cooperative mechanism in ASEAN. ADMM-Plus is a platform for ASEAN member states (Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Lao PDR, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Timor-Leste and Vietnam) and its eight Dialogue Partners (India, US, China, Russia, Japan, South Korea, Australia and New Zealand) to strengthen security and defence cooperation.