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Australia and New Zealand Navies Deepen Cooperation Through Plan Tasman
Australia and New Zealand have agreed to work more closely with their navies.
Their new agreement is called Plan Tasman.
It was signed by senior naval officers from both countries.
The plan includes working together on training, equipment, rules and military operations.
It also covers how sailors and engineers cooperate.
Australia said the plan will make joint training and operations more organized.
New Zealand said the countries have worked together at sea for more than 160 years.
The agreement aims to move their relationship from traditional cooperation toward planned integration.
Australia and New Zealand signed Plan Tasman to deepen naval cooperation.
The pact covers personnel, training, capability development, warfighting, engineering and regulation.
It was signed by Rear Admiral Darren Grogan and Commodore Karl Woodhead.
Grogan said the agreement provides a practical framework for training and operating together.
Woodhead described the pact as a move toward integration by design after more than 160 years of maritime cooperation.
- Who
- The Royal Australian Navy and Royal New Zealand Navy, represented by Rear Admiral Darren Grogan and Commodore Karl Woodhead.
- What
- Australia and New Zealand signed Plan Tasman to strengthen cooperation between their navies.
- Where
- The signing location is not specified; the Reuters report is datelined Sydney.
- When
- Monday, September 21; the year is not specified in the report.
- Why
- To deepen and formalize naval cooperation, including joint training, operations and capability development.
Key facts
- Agreement
- Plan Tasman
- Countries
- Australia and New Zealand
- Signatories
- Royal Australian Navy Deputy Chief Rear Admiral Darren Grogan and Royal New Zealand Navy Deputy Chief Commodore Karl Woodhead
- Areas of cooperation
- Personnel, training, development, warfighting, engineering, regulation and international engagement
- Historical relationship
- The countries’ maritime relationship was established more than 160 years ago
- Strategic aim
- A shift from cooperation based on tradition toward integration by design
Quotes
Rear Admiral Darren Grogan
Deputy Chief of the Royal Australian Navy
“Plan Tasman builds on generations of cooperation between our navies and provides a practical framework to strengthen the way we train, operate and develop capability together.”
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“Our strategic guidance is to deepen and formalise the alliance.”
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Sources
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