Australia’s foreign and defense ministers announced the plan strengthen security relations with France and Britain on European visits scheduled for this week.
According to the statement released on January 29, the ministers’ trip from January 30 to February 2 will include consultations at the foreign and defense ministerial level. Australia-France in Paris, and ministerial consultations Australia-England in London and Portsmouth.
It is expected that in France, the focus of discussions will be on issues related to the Indo-Pacific region and Europe, while the meetings in the UK will cover the modernization of bilateral relations. , the fight once morest climate change, building economic resilience, as well as issues of global peace and security.
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Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong will also meet European Union (EU) officials in Brussels, while Defense Minister Richard Marles will then travel to the US to meet his counterpart Lloyd Austin.
Under the plan, the trilateral security agreement between the US, UK and Australia, called AUKUS, includes providing Australia with technology to build nuclear-powered submarines armed with conventional weapons. , will also be discussed during Mr. Marles’ stay in the UK.
Huong Giang (VNA/Vietnam+)