The Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Defence Richard Marles will travel to Malaysia and the Philippines this week \u2013 further strengthening our already close defence ties. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
In Malaysia, the Deputy Prime Minister will take part in the 5th<\/sup> Malaysia-Australia High Level Committee on Defence Cooperation with Malaysia\u2019s Minister of Defence, Dato\u2019 Seri Mohamed Khaled bin Nordin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Australia and Malaysia are longstanding partners and friends. Our shared military history, including through the Five Power Defence Arrangements, underscores our commitment to a peaceful and stable region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In the Philippines, the Deputy Prime Minister will build on our cooperation and mutual trust through the 2nd<\/sup> Australia-Philippines Defence Ministers\u2019 Meeting with Philippine Secretary of National Defense, Hon Gilberto Teodoro Jr. <\/p>\n\n\n\n During his visit, the Deputy Prime Minister will also visit Australian personnel taking part in Exercise Alon 25, Australia\u2019s largest overseas joint training activity this year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Deputy Prime Minister Richard Marles:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201c<\/em>Malaysia is one of Australia\u2019s closest partners, and I look forward to meeting with Minister Khaled to discuss our ongoing commitment to regional peace and security.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cAustralia and Malaysia share a longstanding defence partnership, built upon a comprehensive program of exchanges, training and exercises. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cI look forward to meeting Secretary Teodoro in Manila to discuss ways to deepen Australia-Philippines defence cooperation; by building capacity and strengthening interoperability.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cOur cooperation through Exercise Alon reflects a shared commitment to working together to maintain a peaceful, secure and prosperous region where sovereignty is respected.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Defence Richard Marles will travel to Malaysia and the Philippines this week \u2013 further strengthening our already close defence ties. In Malaysia, the Deputy Prime Minister will take part in the 5th Malaysia-Australia High Level Committee on Defence Cooperation with Malaysia\u2019s Minister of Defence, Dato\u2019 Seri Mohamed Khaled bin Nordin. … Continue reading “Travel to Malaysia and Philippines”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-34439","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-aussie"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34439","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=34439"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34439\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":34440,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34439\/revisions\/34440"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34439"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=34439"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=34439"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}