Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Defence, Richard Marles, will travel to Singapore this week to attend the 23rd Shangri-La Dialogue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Convened by the International Institute for Strategic Studies, the annual Shangri-La Dialogue is the region\u2019s pre-eminent defence and security forum. It brings together leaders from across the Indo-Pacific and the world to discuss shared international security challenges and responses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
During the Dialogue, the Deputy Prime Minister will address regional maritime security issues during the third plenary session on Asia\u2019s Maritime Security Disorder. He will also meet with a range of global and regional defence counterparts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Deputy Prime Minister will then travel to India, where he will meet with Indian Defence Minister Shri Rajnath Singh for the 2nd Australia-India Defence Ministers\u2019 Dialogue. First held in Australia last October, this meeting reflects unprecedented progress in the bilateral defence partnership and a shared ambition to enhance cooperation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Deputy Prime Minister, Richard Marles:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cIn a deteriorating strategic environment, the Shangri-La Dialogue provides an important forum to engage with partners on shared challenges.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cWe remain committed to deepening diplomatic and defence relationships to strengthen cooperation, particularly in the Indo-Pacific.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cAustralia and India are top-tier security partners. I look forward meeting with Defence Minister Rajnath Singh to further strengthen our defence partnership following the strong progress we made during his visit to Australia last year.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Defence, Richard Marles, will travel to Singapore this week to attend the 23rd Shangri-La Dialogue. Convened by the International Institute for Strategic Studies, the annual Shangri-La Dialogue is the region\u2019s pre-eminent defence and security forum. It brings together leaders from across the Indo-Pacific and the world to discuss shared … Continue reading “2026 Shangri-La Dialogue and travel to India”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-39221","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-aussie"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39221","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=39221"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39221\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":39222,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39221\/revisions\/39222"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39221"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=39221"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=39221"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}