India and Australia hold inaugural '2+2' talks
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India and Australia on Saturday began a high-level foreign and defense ministerial dialogue aimed at further ramping up their overall defense and strategic cooperation including in the Indo-Pacific amid China's increasing military assertiveness in the region. External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar and Defense Minister Rajnath Singh held the inaugural "2+2" talks in New Delhi with their Australian counterparts Marise Payne and Peter Dutton.