Kevin Rudd (Griffith, Australian Labor Party, Prime Minister) Share this | Hansard source

The Leader of the National Party interjects. He is concerned about the fact that we will be talking about more than climate change in Washington—another deep conspiracy. There are a few other things going on in the Australia-US relationship and our common efforts in Afghanistan which I do not think are invisible to the public—the fact that we are there together—and it would be a logical subject of discussion in Washington, particularly given that the United States administration is developing its own response on a long-term military commitment in that country.

Our challenge of course is not just with the United States on this matter. Our challenge of course is to work through the number of developed and developing countries which will be meeting at the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in Trinidad and Tobago this weekend. The Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago has also invited President Sarkozy to attend the meeting, together with the UN Secretary-General and Prime Minister Rasmussen of Denmark.

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