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Minister for Foreign Affairs, Senator the Hon Penny Wong will tonight travel to Cambodia to attend this week’s ASEAN-Australia Foreign Ministers’ meeting, the East Asia Summit (EAS) Foreign Ministers’ Meeting, and the ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF).

Minister for Foreign Affairs, Senator the Hon Penny Wong welcomes Latvian Minister of Foreign Affairs His Excellency Edgars Rinkēvičs to Australia. Australia and Latvia enjoy warm relations based on strong people-to-people links and the pursuit of common interests.

In accordance with section 15 of the Charter of the United Nations Act 1945 (Cth) (the Act), the Minister for Foreign Affairs (the Minister) has previously listed, by legislative instrument, persons and entities upon being satisfied on reasonable grounds.

Australia, the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM), Japan, Kiribati, Nauru and the United States of America have advanced their partnership on the East Micronesia Cable by signing a joint Memorandum of Understanding for the project. The six-country Memorandum of Understanding sets out partners’ intentions to deliver timely, quality project outcomes.

The Myanmar military regime’s executions of pro-democracy and opposition leaders are reprehensible acts of violence that further exemplify the regime’s disregard for human rights and the rule of law. We urge the regime to release all those unjustly detained, grant full and independent access to prisons and fulfill its obligations under the Association of Southeast Asian Nations’ (ASEAN) Five-Point Consensus to seek peace through dialogue, not further violence.

Minister for Trade and Tourism, Senator the Hon Don Farrell announces the appointment of John Hopkins as Managing Director and CEO of Export Finance Australia (EFA).

Australian exporters of perishable produce will have access to real-time information on supply chains and logistics under the new service established by the Australian Government.

The First RCEP Joint Committee (RJC) met virtually on 26-27 April 2022, co-chaired by Indonesia and New Zealand. Australia’s delegation was led by Ms Juliana Nam, Assistant Secretary, FTA Policy and Implementation Branch, Regional Trade Agreements Division.

Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade hosted a delegation from the Republic of Korea in Canberra for the inaugural Space Policy Dialogue