International relations

The Foreign Ministers of Australia, India and Japan and the Secretary of State of the United States, reaffirm the Quad’s commitment to supporting Indo-Pacific countries’ advancement of a free and open Indo-Pacific, which is inclusive and rules based.

The Australia Group (AG), comprising 42 countries and the European Union, met for the 35th Australia Group Plenary in Paris from 4 to 8 July 2022 – the first in-person Plenary since 2019.

Australia will provide $15 million in emergency assistance in response to the hunger crisis in the Horn of Africa and Yemen.

Australia will contribute $266 million over three years to the seventh replenishment of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria.

The Australian Government is seeking public expressions of interest from individuals to be considered for the Ambassador for First Nations People.

The Australian Government will provide $9 million to the United Nations Office of Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR) as part of a new three-year partnership to help nations prepare for the impacts of disasters and climate change.

On September 22, 2022, Ministers and representatives of Partners in the Blue Pacific members and observers and Pacific Ministers met to discuss progress in implementing Partners in the Blue Pacific.

The Embassy of the People’s Republic of China’s statement on nuclear-powered submarine cooperation under AUKUS contains numerous misleading and incorrect assertions.

The Foreign Ministers of Australia, India and Japan and the Secretary of State of the United States met in New York on 23 September 2022 and signed into operation the Guidelines for the ‘Quad Partnership on Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief (HADR) in the Indo-Pacific’.