Indian Navy Chief Admiral R Hari Kumar and Chief of Australian Navy Vice Admiral Mark Hammond reviewed the progress of ongoing maritime engagements between the two countries. Both the Admirals discussed ways to strengthen Indian Navy-Australian Navy partnership in Indo-Pacific. The Chief of Naval Staff held meeting with Vice Admiral Hammond during his two-day visit to Australia.<br />''<br />''During the meetings, the leaders expressed their commitment to pursue collaborative activities in several areas of bilateral convergence.<br />''<br />''Admiral Hari Kumar also interacted with prominent members of Australian Think Tank to understand and develop new maritime cooperation opportunities.<br />''<br />''AIR correspondent reports, the discussions highlighted the need for raising the level of synergy and focused efforts for overcoming the challenges of the maritime environment.<br />''<br />''<span style="color: #222222;">India and Australia share commonality of perspectives on several contemporary maritime security issues in the Indo-Pacific and have been working together closely in several bilateral and multilateral fora including the Indian Ocean Naval Symposium, Indian Ocean Rim Association and Western Pacific Naval Symposium.</span><br />