Australia's Assistant Minister of Defence, Peter Khalil, on Friday described the relationship with India as "better than it has ever been", underlining the vast potential for deeper engagement across strategic, economic, defence, and cultural domains, news agency ANI reported.

Speaking to ANI during Defence Minister Rajnath Singh's visit to Australia, Khalil said, "This visit has been remarkable. It has been a great honour to welcome Defence Minister Singh to Australia, to show him the beautiful city of Sydney, and to also have this defence roundtable with the defence industry, where we can talk about the type of collaboration that will expand the defence relationship as well."