<h1>Two governments sign 10-year defence framework to deepen coordination, information sharing, technology cooperation and deterrence for regional stability</h1> Two governments signed a 10-year defence framework agreement establishing policy direction across the full spectrum of their defence relationship, signaling increased strategic convergence and a decade of enhanced partnership. The pact, concluded during ministers' talks on the margins of a regional meeting, commits both sides to deepen coordination, information sharing, technology cooperation and deterrence posture to bolster regional stability and a rules-based Indo-Pacific order. The agreement also serves to normalise ties after recent trade tensions and frames defence as a central pillar of the bilateral relationship going forward.