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India, Aus ink landmark defence pact after Modi-Morrison online summit

India has already signed similar agreements with the US, France and Singapore

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PM Modi during his virtual meeting with the Australian counterpart (PIB)

BS Web TeamAgencies New Delhi
India and Australia on Thursday inked a landmark agreement for reciprocal access to military bases for logistics support besides firming up six more pacts to further broad base ties after Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Australian counterpart Scott Morrison held an online summit.

The Mutual Logistics Support Agreement (MLSA) will allow militaries of the two countries to use each other's bases for repair and replenishment of supplies besides facilitating scaling up of overall defense cooperation.

India has already signed similar agreements with the US, France and Singapore.

The other pacts will provide for bilateral cooperation in areas of cyber