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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.

The Australian Government has placed sanctions on 11 additional Russian banks and government entities, with the majority of the country’s banking assets now covered by our sanctions along with all of the entities that handle Russia’s sovereign debt.

Australia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) will pursue a Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA) to grow the trade relationship between both countries, creating new jobs and opportunities for exporters.

Minister for Trade, Tourism and Investment Dan Tehan has welcomed today’s decision from New Zealand to reopen its borders.

Australia and the Netherlands today initiated legal proceedings against the Russian Federation in the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) for the downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 in 2014.