Senate debates

Tuesday, 25 October 2022

Questions without Notice

Australia-Japan Joint Declaration on Security Cooperation

2:57 pm

Photo of Penny WongPenny Wong (SA, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Foreign Affairs) Share this | Hansard source

Japan and Australia share a common goal: a region that is stable, that is prosperous and that is respectful of sovereignty, and a world in which differences and disputes are resolved by international law and norms, not simply by power and size. We also have an interest in nuclear nonproliferation. Japan's Prime Minister Kishida hails from Hiroshima and he has made clear his aim for pursuing denuclearisation. We share his ambition.

I particularly want to underline in this chamber a very important part of the statement between the—

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