kuala Lumpur- Australia and Malaysia have expressed their satisfaction on close and longstanding Malaysia-Australia defence relationship and agreed to intensify the mutual beneficial defence cooperation.

The agreement was reached on Tuesday during a meeting between visiting Australian Defence Secretary Greg Moriarty, and Australian High Commissioner to Malaysia Andrew Goledzinowski with Malaysian Minister of Defence Mohamad Sabu in his office.

Both sides discussed took stock of regional situation and emphasized on peaceful negotiated settlement of the regional disputes.