The AUKMIN meeting comes in the wake of pressure from US President-elect Donald Trump for European countries to consider sending troops to Ukraine as peacekeepers.
Defence Minister Richard Marles has left the door open to greater Australian military co-operation with allies in Ukraine – including an ongoing role in peacekeeping - as Europe debates potentially sending in troops as part of any post-war security pact.
Meeting with British counterparts in London on Monday, Marles said Australia would stand side-by-side with the UK in its efforts to support Ukraine in its war against Russia and said his government’s support was there for the long term. Marles said the government’s actions on Ukraine spoke for themselves, having dramatically scaled up support in the past few months with more than $650 million work of tanks, boats and military hardware.
But Marles supported UK Defence Secretary’s John Healey’s comments that it was most important now to back Ukraine in its fight. “Our job as allied nations that stand steadfast with Ukraine is to support them in any negotiations, just as we will through any battlefield fighting.”
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