Today we will host New Zealand Foreign Minister Winston Peters MP and Defence Minister Judith Collins KC MP for our annual Australia-New Zealand Foreign and Defence Ministerial Consultations (ANZMIN 2+2) in Canberra.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
These dialogues are an opportunity to shape our cooperation to respond to the demands of our region, including how we strengthen our Alliance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Australia and New Zealand have a uniquely close bond and are working together across a range of foreign affairs, defence, economic and cultural interests.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In the face of growing strategic challenges, working in partnership with New Zealand to strengthen regional stability and energy security has never been more important. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
In addition to the 2+2 meeting, the Australia-New Zealand Defence Ministers\u2019 Meeting and Foreign Ministers\u2019 Consultations will also be held in Canberra.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Deputy Prime Minister and Minister Collins will also visit the Australian War Memorial in recognition of our enduring ANZAC spirit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Defence Richard Marles:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cAustralia and New Zealand are fundamentally aligned across the challenges we face and are working together to advance our shared interests and those of our region. Today we will host New Zealand Foreign Minister Winston Peters MP and Defence Minister Judith Collins KC MP for our annual Australia-New Zealand Foreign and Defence Ministerial Consultations (ANZMIN 2+2) in Canberra. These dialogues are an opportunity to shape our cooperation to respond to the demands of our region, including how we strengthen our Alliance. … Continue reading “Australia-New Zealand Foreign and Defence Ministerial Consultations (ANZMIN 2+2)”<\/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-38016","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\/38016","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=38016"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38016\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":38017,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38016\/revisions\/38017"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38016"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=38016"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=38016"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\u201cWe are strengthening our defence partnership to become an increasingly integrated Anzac force in support of our shared interests and our common values.
\u201cI look forward to discussing how we can further strengthen our defence and security Alliance.\u201d
Minister for Foreign Affairs Penny Wong:<\/strong><\/em>
\u201cAustralia and New Zealand\u2019s relationship is built upon generations of deep friendship, democratic values and a common outlook as Pacific countries.
\u201cThe trans-Tasman relationship is more important than ever as we work with our Pacific neighbours to respond to global developments and create a more peaceful, stable and prosperous region.
\u201cWe extend a warm welcome to our Kiwi counterparts – I look forward to discussing how we can deepen our cooperation to advance our shared interests and those of our region.\u201d
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