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Australia and France boost counter terror effort

France and Australia are strengthening security cooperation in light of a December 2014 hostage crisis in Sydney staged by a self-proclaimed Islamic cleric, and the deadly Islamist terrorist attacks in Paris in January 2015.

Australia's Prime Minister Tony Abbott and France's President Francois Hollande said in a joint statement released in Canberra the two countries have agreed to deepen security aspects of their bilateral relationship.

It comes in the wake of Islamic State-inspired attacks in the two countries, namely the Martin Place siege in Sydney and the Charlie Hebdo attacks in Paris.

The two countries will take new steps to build on their Strategic Partnership established in 2012.

They will include an exchange program for counter-terrorism and tactical response police and more exchanges on national security policy.

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