The foreign ministers of India and Australia during their dialogue in Melbourne on Saturday have recognised cooperation in the areas of cyber governance, cyber security, capacity building, innovation, digital economy, and cyber and critical technologies as an essential pillar of the India-Australia relationship.
The ministers also agreed to undertake joint engagement with Indo-Pacific partners to collaboratively improve the region’s cyber capabilities to promote a resilient and trusted cyberspace and effective incident response.
In this respect, the Centre of Excellence for Critical and Emerging Technology Policy, to be located in Bengaluru, demonstrates both countries’ long-term commitment to bilateral cooperation in cyber and critical technologies. Foreign minister S Jaishankar also welcomed the Australian government’s intention to open a consulate-general in Bengaluru. The ministers reaffirmed their commitment to an open, secure, free, accessible, stable, peaceful, and interoperable cyberspace and technologies that adhere to international law. The ministers emphasised the way in which technology is designed, developed, governed and used should be informed by our shared democratic values and respect for human rights.
They condemned attempts to use cyberspace and cyber-enabled technologies to undermine peace and stability and committed to work for strengthening mutual cooperation on various multilateral fora, including the UN, in developing international standards, norms and frameworks for cyberspace and emerging technologies, including through the International Telecommunications Union, as per the joint statement.
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