India and Australia reviewed the entire gamut of their defence ties and agreed to further enhance collaboration during talks between Navy Chief Admiral R Hari Kumar and Royal Australian Navy (RAN)chief Vice Admiral Mark Hammond in Australia during his three-day visit there.

Giving details of his visit ending Wednesday, Navy officials said here on Thursday it was the first official visit of Admiral Kumar to Australia after he assumed charge as the Navy chief nearly 10 months back. Besides holding talks with his Navy counterpart, Kumar also held parleys with Vice Chief of Australian Defence Forces Vice Admiral David Johnston, Secretary of Defence Greg Moriarty and Chief of Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) Air Marshal Robert Chipman.

"During these meetings, the leaders expressed their commitment to pursue collaborative activities in several areas of bilateral convergence," the Navy said in a statement.

The discussions also highlighted the need for raising the level of synergy and focused efforts for overcoming the challenges of maritime environment, the Navy said.

It said 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. "Coming on the heels of successful participation of Indian Naval Ship Satpura and one P8I Maritime Patrol Aircraft of Indian Navy in the recently concluded multilateral exercise Kakadu, hosted by the RAN at Darwin, the visit of the Chief of Naval Staff further consolidated the strong and long standing bilateral relations between two countries," the Navy said.

Accompanied by Indian Ambassador to Australia Manpreet Vohra and the Australian Navy chief, Kumar interacted with the prominent members of Australian think tanks to understand and develop new maritime cooperation opportunities.