The Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Defence, Richard Marles, and Minister for Defence Industry, Pat Conroy, will today welcome the Federal Minister of Defence of Germany, Boris Pistorius, to Canberra for his first official visit to Australia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Australia and Germany are close friends with a shared interest in stability and cooperation. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Australia-Germany bilateral defence relationship continues to grow at pace, built upon our shared commitment to international security and prosperity achieved through respect for the international rules\u2011based order.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
During the visit, ministers will discuss opportunities to harness this momentum to deepen and strengthen cooperation between our defence forces, across all domains, and defence industries. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Recognising the importance of defence industry collaboration between Australia and Germany, Minister Conroy will host Minister Pistorius in Brisbane on Friday where they will discuss joint capability development between Australia and Germany. They will also meet with Australian and German defence personnel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Deputy Prime Minister Richard Marles:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cI look forward to welcoming Minister Pistorius to Canberra for his first official visit to Australia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cAustralia and Germany are linked in the ways we work together, as likeminded partners, to address shared strategic challenges. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThis visit reinforces the strength of our relationship and highlights the importance of further deepening our defence cooperation.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Minister for Defence Industry Pat Conroy:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cGermany is a valued defence industry partner and trusted security partner. This visit highlights our intent for even greater collaboration among our respective defence industries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThe Australian Government welcomes our growing defence industry ties with Germany which will only make both our countries more resilient, help secure local jobs and contribute to Australia\u2019s economic growth.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Defence, Richard Marles, and Minister for Defence Industry, Pat Conroy, will today welcome the Federal Minister of Defence of Germany, Boris Pistorius, to Canberra for his first official visit to Australia. Australia and Germany are close friends with a shared interest in stability and cooperation. The Australia-Germany bilateral … Continue reading “Visit to Australia by Germany’s Minister of Defence”<\/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-38121","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\/38121","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=38121"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38121\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":38122,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38121\/revisions\/38122"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38121"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=38121"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=38121"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}