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Australia condemns North Korea’s return to intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) testing, including its launches on 27 February, 5 and 24 March – with the latest, just yesterday, landing in Japan’s exclusive economic zone.

Through COVID, tropical cyclones and volcanic eruptions, Australia has shown we will stand shoulder-to-shoulder with our Pacific family, through good times and bad.

Registration for the much-anticipated Asia-Pacific Ministerial Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction (APMCDRR) 2022 is now open.

Australia and Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries (Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates (UAE)) share a significant economic relationship, encompassing trade and investment across a broad range of goods and services.

The Australian Government is investing over $280 million to boost cooperation with India, to further grow our economic relationship and support jobs and businesses in both countries.

Australia's Minister for Trade, Tourism and Investment joined Indian and Japanese counterparts to review progress of the trilateral Supply Chain Resilience Initiative and to endorse the Initiative’s work program for 2022.

Ms Maree Ringland will be Australia’s next Ambassador to Peru. Ms Ringland will also be accredited to Bolivia.

Mr Andrew Barnes will be Australia’s next Ambassador to Lebanon.

The Australian Government is pleased to announce the appointment of new Consuls-General in Canada and Brazil, with a focus on strengthening trade and investment ties with these commercial centres of global importance.

Australia will expand its support to Ukraine and impose further punitive actions on Russia in response to its unrelenting and illegal aggression against Ukraine. These additional measures will help ensure Russia pays a high price for its blatant violation of the UN Charter and its disregard for international humanitarian law.