Prime Minister ScottMorrisonMP said Australia has “no greater friends” than the United States and the United Kingdom following a trilateral meeting with President JoeBiden and Prime Minister BorisJohnson.
Prime Minister Scott Morrison said Australia has “no greater friends” than the United States and the United Kingdom following a trilateral meeting with President Joe Biden and Prime Minister Boris Johnson. Mr Morrison, who is in the UK for the G7 plus talks, said the meeting between the three leaders was a “good opportunity” to discuss the broader situation in Indo-Pacific but did not reveal how much of the discussion focused on China.
“Australia has no greater friends than the United States and the United Kingdom, and we’ve been working together on our respective security issues for a very long time. “So we had a good opportunity to talk about those today and look to see how we can further cooperate in the future. “The situation only reinforces the need for us to have deeper cooperation”. Mr Morrison said the trilateral meeting was a “unique” opportunity that presented because the leaders were all present in Cornwall.
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