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Australia-UK Ministerial Meeting (AUKMIN) 2022: joint statement

The UK and Australia issued a joint statement following the AUKMIN held in Sydney on 21 January 2022.

• From: Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office, Ministry of Defence, The Rt Hon Elizabeth Truss and The Rt Hon Ben Wallace
• Published: 21 January 2022

This was published under the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government

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Australian Minister for Foreign Affairs Marise Payne and Minister for Defence Peter Dutton hosted the UK Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs Liz Truss and Secretary of State for Defence Ben Wallace for the Australia-UK Ministerial Consultations (AUKMIN).

This joint statement explains our 2 governments’ commitment to strengthening our dynamic partnership, and covers issues including:

• deepening strategic cooperation in the Indo-Pacific
• defending international rules and norms and our liberal democratic values
• strengthening defence, deterrence and countering malign threats

Published 21 January 2022