Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent discussions she has had with her Australian counterpart.

The United Kingdom and Australia are close partners with a unique and enduring bond built on friendship and shared values. The Foreign Secretary was pleased to speak to the new Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong on 25 May, shortly after her appointment. More recently, they met in the margins of the G20 Foreign Minister's meeting in Bali, on 7 July. Both welcomed the strong bilateral relationship between our two countries, discussing AUKUS and our joint efforts to support infrastructure investment in the Indo-Pacific region.