Morning everyone, what a pleasure it is to sit down with, amongst friends here in Laos for the ASEAN meeting, Prime Minister of Australia and Prime Minister of New Zealand, an opportunity, obviously, to talk about, first of all, all the work that we've been doing together in the region and around the world, on growing our economies, on strengthening trade ties throughout the Indo-Pacific, but around the world as well. We're working on some excellent critical minerals initiatives. We've been working on making sure that with the CPTPP, the trade rules remain high standard and is pushing inclusive growth for everyone at the same time. We've also been strong security partners as parts of the Five Eyes, we've been leaning in on so many of the challenges, whether it's cyber or in various geopolitical conflicts that we've been working as strong allies on and will continue to. We've also been, the three of us, working together very closely on the situation in the Middle East. We are like minded and pushing for de-escalation of the violence, protection of civilians, and humanitarian aid flowing in, and also all of us committed to a path to a two state solution, which requires a lot of work that we're continuing to do. So we have a lot to talk about here today, amongst friends, but also things that matter deeply to the world.
ANTHONY ALBANESE, PRIME MINISTER OF AUSTRALIA: Thanks very much, Justin. And our three nations have common interests and we have shared values, and that's reflected in the way that we cooperate across major issues, whether it's the economy and trade, the support for the international rule of law, or whether it be dealing with the challenge, but also the opportunities, that come from dealing with the transition to net zero. Our economies will benefit from critical minerals, and as much that we're cooperating on those areas and cooperating in international forums. As three of the Five Eyes partners, we also have an important role to play in national security, and we, there again, share our support for democratic values, our support for human rights, our opposition to violence and some of the conflicts that we see in the world. We together have issued statements reflecting those common values which are there, calling for de-escalation, calling for the return of hostages, expressing our abhorrence at the terrorist acts of October 7, also talking about the need to move towards a two state solution, and to have a region which represents the opportunity for peace and security and prosperity for all citizens in the Middle East, whether they be Israeli, Palestinian, Lebanese, and so we'll continue to engage on forums like this, where we're gathering with other nations, it's important that we're able to get together and cooperate and have those informal discussions. I look forward to the discussion with Justin and Christopher today.
CHRISTOPHER LUXON, PRIME MINISTER OF NEW ZEALAND: Well, thank you, Justin, and good to see you too Anthony. Kia ora, good morning, everybody. This is a really important opportunity for us to come together as like minded countries. We have a set of values that we believe very strongly in, whether it's nation state sovereignty, freedom of navigation, protection of the international rules based system. We see a world that I think is moving from rules to power, and I think the way that we have been able to work together and find areas of common interest and amplify our positions, and positions like the Middle East have been really important. And I also join both of you in looking forward to our conversations today. We feel very strongly that our future is in the Indo-Pacific. We see increasingly the issues of security being very linked to economic prosperity and vice versa, [INAUDIBLE]. Good to be with you.
