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Australia is working in partnership with our neighbours to minimise the impacts of COVID-19 on our region. We will support Bangladesh, Nepal and Sri Lanka in their response to increasing COVID-19 cases.

Foreign Minister Payne congratulates Dr Robert Floyd on his election to lead the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization (CTBTO) as its Executive Secretary.

Australia is supporting its Pacific and Timor-Leste partners as we work together to recover as a region from the health, economic and social impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Senator the Hon Marise Payne, Minister for Foreign Affairs and Minister for Women and the Hon Dan Tehan MP, Minister for Trade, Tourism and Investment, pays tribute to the Secretary of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Frances Adamson, who will end her term on 25 June 2021.

A new 10-year Partnership Arrangement with the Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) was signed today, reaffirming Australia’s commitment to practical programs supporting climate change resilience and adaptation, and protecting the vital ocean ecosystems of the Pacific.

Australia is deeply concerned by the escalating violence in Israel, Gaza and the West Bank.

Flights facilitated by the Australian Government to return Australians from India have resumed, with a plane departing Sydney today set to pick up passengers in New Delhi before arriving back in Darwin tomorrow.

The Morrison Government is providing an additional $65.5 million to help Australian businesses grow internationally.

The Australian Government is deeply concerned by the escalating violence in Israel, Gaza and the West Bank and unequivocally calls on all leaders to take immediate steps to halt violence, maintain restraint, and restore calm.