Recently India and Australia have agreed to sign a deal with each other. India and China have agreed to swap two island of respective country eg - Australia's coco island and India's andman island. Both countries have a similar vision to protect independent water transport.
Because china has continuously increasing surveillance in Indian ocean region and is trying to divert the world attention from its handling of corona virus situation,. So it's necessary for quad group which consists of India, Australia, Japan and USA to tackle China in South China Sea for insuring freedom of navigation in Indo-Pacific region.
Recently, in the month of July, a news came that china has deployed 12 instruments to put a eye on Indian ocean region.
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That's why India and Australia are planning to sign exchange of island treaty.
In future Indo-Pacific region will be the key route of trade.
