(21 Nov 2024)
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Vientiane, Laos – 21 November 2024
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1. Wide of Australian Minister for Defense Industry and Capability Delivery Pat Conroy walking on stage
2. SOUNDBITE (English) Pat Conroy, Australian Minister for Defense Industry and Capability Delivery:
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“Ministers, Australia sees ASEAN as being at the center of a stable, peaceful, prosperous and secure region. ASEAN has been one of the region’s greatest strategic assets over the last half century and as we mark this half century, we see it growing in relevance and importance over the decades to come.”
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3. SOUNDBITE (English) Pat Conroy, Australian Minister for Defense Industry and Capability Delivery
“Earlier this year, the Australian government released our National Defense Strategy outlining a new approach to defending Australia and our interests. In it, we committed to strengthen our defense engagement with regional partners under the ASEAN framework. Our commitment to nurturing our defense relationships is on display right now during our flagship regional engagement activity Indo-Pacific Endeavor 2024.”
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STORYLINE:
Australia reiterated its commitment to its ties with the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) as southeast Asian defense chiefs met Thursday with China, the U.S. and other partner nations in Laos for security talks.
Pat Conroy, Minister for Defense Industry and Capability Delivery, who represented Australia at the meetings said it "sees ASEAN as being at the center of a stable, peaceful, prosperous and secure region" and that they will continue to place importance on this region.
This year marks 50 years of partnership between Australia and ASEAN. Conroy remarked on the long relationship as well as a promising future.
"As we mark this half century, we see it growing in relevance and importance over the decades to come,” he said during a speech in Vientiane.
The ASEAN meetings come as member nations are looking warily toward the change in American administrations at a time of increasing maritime disputes with China. The U.S. has firmly pushed a “free and open Indo-Pacific” policy under outgoing President Joe Biden and it is not yet clear how the incoming administration of President-elect Donald Trump will address the South China Sea situation.
In addition to the United States and China, other nations attending the ASEAN meeting from outside Southeast Asia include Japan, South Korea, India, Russia, Australia and New Zealand.
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