{"id":93411,"date":"2024-09-14T04:00:26","date_gmt":"2024-09-13T18:00:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/bellarinetimes\/?p=93411"},"modified":"2024-09-11T19:55:19","modified_gmt":"2024-09-11T09:55:19","slug":"australia-and-japan-strengthen-strategic-partnership-at-fort-queenscliff","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/bellarinetimes\/news\/australia-and-japan-strengthen-strategic-partnership-at-fort-queenscliff\/","title":{"rendered":"Australia and Japan strengthen strategic partnership at Fort Queenscliff"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>HIGH-LEVEL discussions between Australian and Japanese officials took place in Fort Queenscliff today, marking a pivotal moment in the countries&#8217; deepening defence and security collaboration.<\/p>\n<p>Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Defence Richard Marles, alongside Foreign Affairs Minister Penny Wong, welcomed Japan\u2019s Foreign Minister Kamikawa Yoko and Defence Minister Kihara Minoru for the 11th Australia-Japan 2+2 Foreign and Defence Ministerial Consultation.<\/p>\n<p>The consultations focused on advancing the bilateral ties between the two nations.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_93552\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-93552\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-93552\" src=\"https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/09\/0001674692_99675_tn.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/09\/0001674692_99675_tn.jpg 600w, https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/09\/0001674692_99675_tn-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/09\/0001674692_99675_tn-272x182.jpg 272w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-93552\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Minister for Foreign Affairs, Senator the Hon Penny Wong meets Japan\u2019s Minister for Foreign Affairs, Kamikawa Yoko in Queenscliff, Victoria, as part of the Japan 2+2. Photo: SUPPLIED<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Deputy Prime Minister Marles said defence cooperation with Japan represented a pillar of regional stability.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere really is no other country in the world today that we have a closer strategic alignment with than with Japan,&#8221; Mr Marles said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are, all of us, dealing with a global environment which is increasingly fragile, where the global rules-based order is being placed under intense pressure.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_93553\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-93553\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-93553\" src=\"https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/09\/0001674531_14636_tn.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/09\/0001674531_14636_tn.jpg 600w, https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/09\/0001674531_14636_tn-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/09\/0001674531_14636_tn-272x182.jpg 272w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-93553\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Senator the Hon Penny at the 11th Australia-Japan 2+2 Foreign and Defence Ministerial Consultation in Queenscliff. Photo: SUPPLIED<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe obviously see that in Eastern Europe and Ukraine, we see it in the Indo-Pacific as well, we see it in the South China Sea and East China Sea&#8230; we see it with North Korea and Russia.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere is a sense when we look at the world around us, that Japan is very much on the front line and that our neighbourhood is one where we need to be working much more closely together and building that lattice of networks across countries which are determined to assert the global rules-based order, which is in all of our national interests.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Australia and Japan have a long-standing relationship, formalised as a Special Strategic Partnership. This partnership is supported by ongoing collaboration in areas such as defence, economics, and cultural exchange.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_93554\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-93554\" style=\"width: 601px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-93554\" src=\"https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/09\/20240905adf8654564_1_48817_tn.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"601\" height=\"298\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/09\/20240905adf8654564_1_48817_tn.jpg 800w, https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/09\/20240905adf8654564_1_48817_tn-300x149.jpg 300w, https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/09\/20240905adf8654564_1_48817_tn-768x381.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 601px) 100vw, 601px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-93554\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The meeting aimed to advance Australia&#8217;s bilateral cooperation and defence and security priorities. Photo: SUPPLIED<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Foreign Affairs Minister Penny Wong said Australia and Japan were two great democracies that share values and interests.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe see growing threats of disinformation, of foreign interference, of cyber-attacks to our democracies,\u201d Ms Wong said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe see the undermining of rules and institutions.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Earlier in the day, Ms Wong and member for Corangamite Libby Coker visited a local business and discussed how the Bellarine and Geelong region could benefit from the strengthened relationship between Australia and Japan.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>HIGH-LEVEL discussions between Australian and Japanese officials took place in Fort Queenscliff today, marking a pivotal moment in the countries&#8217; deepening defence and security collaboration. 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