Australia's new submarine deal with the US and UK will feature heavily in discussions at the United Nations General Assembly in New York, where Prime Minister Scott Morrison will meet with leaders from all around the world.
Prime Minister Scott Morrison has flown to the United States for a week of high-stakes diplomacy amid a row with France for scrapping a $90 billion submarine contract to instead invest in a nuclear-powered fleet.
Scott Morrison will spend a day in New York during the meeting of the UN General AssemblyMr Morrison spoke to Joko Widodo mid-flight to stress the submarines would not be armed with nuclear weapons Mr Morrison will spend 24 hours in New York, on the sidelines of the 76th United Nations General Assembly , where he will talk to representatives of several countries and hold a one-on-one with US President Joe Biden. US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, Special Envoy for Climate John Kerry and Australian Foreign Affairs Minister Marise Payne will also join the meeting. The submarine deal — which involves leveraging US technology to a build a fleet of nuclear-powered vessels — is expected to be discussed alongside China's rise, the next steps on countering global terrorism and climate change. Mr Morrison will also meet with European leaders on Tuesday to discuss rising security threats in the Indo-Pacific. He will meet with British Prime Minister Boris Johnson in Washington DC in the evening.
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