India, Nov. 18 -- India and Australia will hold their second 2+2 dialogue of defence and foreign ministers on November 20 to advance cooperation on shared regional interests in areas ranging from defence to technology and to deepen trade and investment ties.

Defence minister Rajnath Singh and external affairs minister S Jaishankar will meet their Australian counteraprts Richard Marles and Penny Wong in New Delhi for the dialogue, which was elevated to the ministerial level in September 2021.

The ministers are expected to discuss a range of strategic, defence and security issues, including bilateral, regional and global matters, to advance cooperation under the bilateral comprehensive strategic partnership, the external affairs ministry ...