Australia and New Zealand deepen naval partnership

SYDNEY, Sept ‌21 (Reuters) - Australia ​and ​New Zealand on Monday signed a pact to deepen cooperation ‌between both countries' navies.

The pact, named ⁠Plan Tasman, will strengthen cooperation across personnel, ‌training, development, warfighting, ‌engineering, regulation and international engagement, statements from both countries said.

• Plan Tasman ​was signed by Royal Australian Navy Deputy Chief Rear Admiral Darren ⁠Grogan and Royal New Zealand Navy Deputy Chief ​Commodore Karl Woodhead.

• "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," Grogan said.

• Woodhead said the two countries' maritime relationship ⁠was established more than 160 years ago and ​has been strengthened over generations in war and peacetime.

• "Our strategic guidance is to deepen ‌and formalise the alliance," Woodhead said, describing the plan as "a ‌shift from a history of ⁠cooperation based on ‌tradition to integration ​by design."

(Reporting by Alasdair Pal in Sydney; Editing by Michael ‌Perry)

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