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皇冠体育app Prime Minister met Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese in San Diego today (12 March 2023), ahead of their trilateral meeting with聽President Biden to discuss the next phase of the AUKUS nuclear submarine partnership.

皇冠体育app Prime Minister and Prime Minister Albanese agreed on the great significance of the AUKUS partnership 鈥� an unprecedented endeavour which will protect our people and support our defence industrial bases for generations to come.聽皇冠体育appy agreed that with this partnership they are investing in not just our capabilities but our most important relationships.

皇冠体育app leaders welcomed the flourishing bilateral partnership between the UK and Australia which was going from strength to strength.聽皇冠体育appy discussed further cooperation in defence and issues of shared concern, including Russia鈥檚 invasion of Ukraine and security in the Indo-Pacific region.聽皇冠体育app Prime Minister outlined the conclusions of the UK鈥檚 updated national security and foreign policy strategy, which will be published on Monday.

皇冠体育app Prime Minister updated on his recent meetings with President Zelenskyy in Kyiv and London and the leaders agreed on the importance of keeping up the staunch and unified international support for Ukraine. 皇冠体育appy agreed on the importance of the Ukraine training mission which UK and Australian troops were delivering with other partners in the UK. Separately, both聽leaders also agreed on the importance of both Sweden鈥檚 and Finland鈥檚 accession to NATO.

皇冠体育app leaders noted exciting opportunities to grow trade, investment and cultural links between the UK and Australia even further this year, as the UK ratifies the UK-Australia trade deal and continues to pursue accession to the CPTPP.

皇冠体育appy also welcomed the friendly sporting rivalry between our two nations, and the Prime Minister said he looked forward to hopefully seeing England鈥檚 Lionesses lifting the football world cup, being hosted by Australia and New Zealand later this year.