Country Briefs

Macau country brief. 

Australia and Luxembourg have a warm relationship and cooperate in multilateral organisations, including on climate change, human rights and disarmament.

Australia and Lithuania established diplomatic relations in 1991 and have friendly relations, based on shared interests and close people-to-people links.

Australia enjoys friendly bilateral relations with Lebanon, underpinned by strong people-to-people links. The Australian Embassy in Beirut, opened in 1967, was the third Australian Embassy to be established in the Middle East.

Australia and Latvia established diplomatic links in 1991. Australia and Latvia share a commitment to trade liberalisation and strengthening the rules-based international order.

Australia and the Lao People’s Democratic Republic (Laos) are longstanding bilateral and regional partners, with a relationship underpinned by development cooperation, business ties and people-to-people links.

The State of Kuwait is situated in the north-east corner of the Arabian Peninsula, bordered by the Republic of Iraq to the north and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to the south and west.

Australia and the Republic of Korea (ROK, also known as South Korea) are comprehensive strategic partners with a strong bilateral relationship underpinned by shared strategic interests, complementary economies and strong people-to-people links. 

Kiribati comprises 32 low-lying atolls and the raised phosphate island of Banaba.