Press convention – Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea

JAMES MARAPE, PRIME MINISTER OF PAPUA NEW GUINEA: Alright, thanks very a lot. And to Papua New Guinea, completely satisfied fiftieth anniversary. Yesterday was reflection, yesterday was our commemoration of our fiftieth anniversary of democracy, a free market financial system, freedom of faith, freedom of worship and present as an unbiased state. And we’re happy, I’m happy on behalf of each son and daughter of our nation to acknowledge that on my proper hand is the Prime Minister of Australia, the current Labor chief of the Australian Labor Party, beneath whose phrases we now have on this press convention at present. It was this second 50 years in the past the place nice grand chief, Sir Michael Somare, then chief of Pangu celebration, someday after independence had his second with then Prime Minister of Australia, chief of Labor then, Gough Whitlam, as they made their conversations for the assemble of a rustic that was higher. And I mentioned in my dinner dialog on 15 September, two nights in the past, that from the womb of Australia, we have been birthed into our sovereign nationhood. These aren’t simply statements picked out for need of a phrase. These are a deliberate selection of phrases on the place we have come from. Children of Papua New Guinea and youngsters of Australia should not overlook that we come from the identical sovereign design. Before 1975, the army models we had in our nation have been Australian army models. The authorities construction we had in our nation was an Australian authorities construction. The flag we had in PNG was the Australian flag. It was not torn, as I mentioned yesterday morning on the flag elevating event, 16 September 1975, the flag was lowered with dignity, purposefully lowered, handed again to Gough Whitlam then, and our personal flag was hoisted for the primary time then. I wish to inform our nation 50 years later, Australia has by no means deserted us, true to the phrases of Gough Whitlam that Australia will discover its function and that means within the assemble of a contemporary Papua New Guinea that’s vibrant, affluent and democratic. And each Australian authorities since 1975, each Coalition governments in addition to Labor governments, have had a robust hand within the assemble of our nation to date. And I wish to place a document proper now, the current Labor authorities, Prime Minister Albanese and his group, the final three years we have labored, we have labored to entrench our relationship a lot deeper into stable rock and to raise it even increased. Where we’re not subservient in a grasp relationship, however equal companions relating, coexisting, working aspect by aspect going ahead into the long run. And at present it isn’t accident that we determined to have this bilateral assembly to debate safety points, to debate individuals points, and the way people-to-people and our two nations in so far as coexistence over safety approaches and atmosphere can help our area. Lest we overlook, Australia is a giant continent with enormous ocean area and airspace. Papua New Guinea is a part of a landmass that’s the second greatest island on planet Earth. We even have a giant ocean area. In these areas, it’s in our mutual curiosity to have a defence focus and technique that’s mutual for 2 nations working aspect by aspect. And I wish to announce at present to each Papua New Guinean little one, as your Prime Minister – the Prime Minister’s function, primary, is the defence of this nation. Today on the fiftieth, I should say with no ingredient of disgrace, however admitting the place we’re 50 years on – our defence capability just isn’t at a degree the place your Prime Minister or your Defence Minister or your defence commander can defend our 462,840 sq. kilometres of land or three million sq. kilometres of ocean area we now have. And so, it’s on this vein and within the considered preservation, within the considered our nationwide curiosity, safety comes primary. And as your Prime Minister, I made a aware selection. A selection understanding our historical past, understanding our tradition, understanding our ethic worth and ethical worth methods, understanding our democratic beliefs, we made a aware selection that Australia stays our safety associate of selection. We haven’t any selection however to dwell aspect by aspect. We have been residing aspect by aspect. We’ll be right here endlessly. We have individuals in Australia who’re Papua New Guineans. We have individuals in Papua New Guinea who’re Australians. Before ‘75, we were from the same stock in as far as citizenry was concerned. And so, I want to announce to our country, today we’ve signed a communique. A communique that depicts both Australians and Papua New Guineans. And we are becoming security partners as we go forward into the future. The security treaty, for Papua New Guinea, would be the highest in terms of security relations we’ve given to any country. Just last year we signed a defence cooperation with Australia. And we felt defence cooperation is okay, but because we’re in the same space, the threats that face us are exposed also to Australia. Threats that face Australia are exposed to Papua New Guinea. We got no choice. 1945 reminds us that threats that face our region – we’re each uncovered to the identical threats. And Papua New Guinea stays buddies to all enemies to none. I see no risk rapid. But as leaders, we now have an obligation to assemble constructions of public insurance policies and development settlement that secures our nation into time. This just isn’t for 2025. This just isn’t for 2026. But it is a foresight and funding in a method that secures not simply Australia, however Papua New Guinea. But our area in world map, our area within the Pacific, Indo-Pacific map, it’s us on the finish of the day that shall be right here. Others will go the place they need to go. But on the finish of the day on this a part of the world, it’s us that can stay right here. So, it’s actually in that context that my brother agreed to my proposal. I placed on document. It was not Australian proposal. Australia by no means requested for this. And I wish to say thanks very a lot my brother. You know, I checked out my huge nation, you noticed the range we now have at present. Over 800 plus languages, over 1000 tribes. We have inside safety. We haven’t got a lot of exterior risk. We have inside safety points. Part of this assemble in defence treaty just isn’t an remoted defence treaty program. Working with the police, working with the judiciary, working with the complete authorities of the regulation and justice sector. In the subsequent 10 years, we wish to ship PNG a safer nation for all the kids of this nation to be protected. That means 7,000 in our army, 7,000 individuals, 5,000 land troopers, 1,000 air troopers, 1,000 within the sea. That is our defence functionality proper now as we communicate, police – we now have 10,000 policemen and girls in our nation, greater than policemen, correctly expert, correctly skilled, with the best ethics to make a defence of our regulation and justice sector pursuits. And Papua New Guinea, this dialog just isn’t mistake. Right after our first day from our fiftieth, my first work, and I’ve dragged my brother to make it his first work at present. And so, he has work to do. But accordingly, his first work on 17 September 2025 is to verify we ink this joint communique to be clear to each one in every of you that we’re not doing one thing that’s out of the blue. Treaties all world wide in brother sister nations, they signal treaty the identical. We are within the technique of delivering our treaty to his Cabinet and my Cabinet and naturally to his parliament and my parliament for the closure and cement of the treaty that’s being bettered as we communicate. So, it’s on this context that I wish to say thanks to you for being right here. Coincidentally, you bought a Prime Minister, Deputy Prime Minister, Minister for the Pacific additionally right here. By the truth that three senior Ministers are right here. Prime Minister Albanese have relocated his cupboard to Melanesia Haus for as soon as, that is historical past within the making. We do not take our Deputy Prime Minister with us once we journey exterior. And this treaty apart, this doc apart, they got here to honour our fiftieth and for Labor, they’ve a particular affinity to PNG as a result of it was Labor at ‘75. So, the entire Labor leadership with us, and I want to say thank you for a strong affinity. The work we’re doing in PNG is to make sure we become prosperous. Our youth are engaged and employed. This country is a prosperous country to contribute to the security and safety of our said region. So, in this context, I want to welcome you, my brother. I know we spoke on a rugby league team that is coming in 2028. I want to thank you for your support in the space. I want to thank you for your other support in all the bilateral programs that is running. At 50th anniversary, it would be remiss of me not to indicate this at our 50th. Australia remains head and shoulders above any other bilateral nation we have in as far as support for our development costs. Thank you, Australia.

ANTHONY ALBANESE, PRIME MINISTER OF AUSTRALIA: Thank you so much, my friend. It has been a great honour for myself and the Deputy Prime Minister and the Defence Minister and the Assistant – he’s assistant in Defence, but also the Pacific, Pat Conroy – for us to be here celebrating what is a momentous and historic occasion. Yesterday, we celebrated 50 years of history, 50 years of independence and the birth of a great nation. Today, we take historic steps going forward as well. Australia and PNG are the closest of neighbours. Saibai Island, you can look across and you can see PNG, literally. And we are the truest of friends. We’re there for each other when times are tough, but we take pleasure and joy in each other’s achievements. All Australians congratulate the people of Papua New Guinea on the 50th anniversary of their nation’s independence. And last night was truly a spectacular occasion. It’s been very special to join the Prime Minister and his colleagues here and also to attend the State Dinner with His Royal Highness the Duke of Edinburgh as well, representing His Majesty King Charles on Monday evening. And I’ve got to say as well, that the message from His Majesty last night was a real highlight. The fireworks were fantastic, the drone show was extraordinary, but the best element of last night was the people – showing the diversity of Papua New Guinea’s population. The celebration of all those young people out there on the field dancing, celebrating with joy, they will remember that moment for the rest of their lives. I thought it reminded me of the opening of an Olympic Games in Sydney, just that expression that we saw last night. It was a wonderful occasion. And it followed in 1975, our great predecessors, Grand Chief, Sir Michael Somare, and it was wonderful to see his relatives once again there over the last couple of days. Prime Minister Gough Whitlam celebrated the birth of an independent Papua New Guinea. Independence was, in Gough’s words, an idea whose time has come. While Papua New Guinea independence was formalised by an act of the Australian Parliament, it was made possible not by that, it was made possible by the acts of courage, imagination and leadership from the people of Papua New Guinea. Because independence was never Australia’s gift to give, it was Papua New Guinea’s right to assert, and your opportunity to seize. It was your people’s dream, and together you worked to make it real and have worked to build this nation in the last 50 years. It is fitting that Australia and Papua New Guinea mark this historic anniversary with a partnership that will shape the future. Today, Prime Minister Marape and I subsigned a joint communique for a PNG-Australia Mutual Defence Treaty. The text of this treaty has been agreed and it will be signed following cabinet processes in both countries. This treaty will elevate our relationship to the status of an alliance. It will be Australia’s first new alliance in more than 70 years and only the third in our entire history, along with the ANZUS Treaty with New Zealand and the United States. The Treaty, of course, is so important going forward for us. Our mutual defence treaty will build on 50 years of cooperation between our nations, including our long standing defence relationship. It contains a mutual defence commitment under which both countries recognise that both Australia and PNG have a mutual interest in our security. It also will be a reflection of our shared commitment to regional security, our shared values and the depth of our partnership. Importantly, as Prime Minister Marape has said, this was initiated by Papua New Guinea. It was a request to Australia and it was a request which we readily agreed to. It’s a request that is in the interest of building the sovereignty of both of our nations. In addition to today our security and defence cooperation, of course, we spoke about economic development, investment, infrastructure. Of course, it did come down to rugby league as well, and we look forward to the NRL team commencing here. Our nations share, as well, great democracies, and one of the things that this treaty will do is to allow for even further training and experience of Papua New Guinea citizens in the Australian Defence Force. We already have a considerable engagement, of course, the second in charge of one of our divisions in Townsville is indeed a Papua New Guinea citizen. And they are proud of that and we are proud of that as well. Just half a century ago we worked towards laying the foundations of what was then a new nation. What we will do with this agreement today is really step up to a new level. We will go through our respective cabinet processes and expect to finalise the signing of the Treaty, the words of which have been agreed, in coming weeks. As I said after walking the Kokoda Track with Prime Minister Marape last year, Australia and PNG will keep walking together side by side, step by step towards the future. And I very much value my friendship with the Prime Minister, but importantly as well, I value the friendship between our two peoples. This at the end of the day is a people-to-people relationship and it will be strengthened in the years ahead. And the measures and steps forward that we’ve made today will be a part of that. Thank you, Prime Minister.

PRIME MINISTER MARAPE: Thank you to everyone. The text of our communique will be released to the public so the public is aware, and it respects our respective sovereignty for the construct of our joint coexistence going forward into the future. And as I said to anyone listening in from around the world, we relate to all nations on an equal placement. But as far as security is concerned, Australia is our security partner of choice. We work with them. That doesn’t compromise elsewhere. My Defence Minister will be on a road show talking to all our bilateral partners elsewhere from around the world who may ask what is this all about? We will be transparent and we’ll ask them, please stick to where you relate with us, but as far as security is concerned, we look inward at home first. Home first, because it is home front in our defence interests. Anyway so the Prime Minister has got to catch a flight. Please, we’ve got time for few.

JOURNALIST: Prime Minister Marape, Prime Minister Albanese. How does this agreement align with the strategic priorities of both nations?

PRIME MINISTER MARAPE: Of course for my government, it is in my number one interest to make sure our country is safe and secure. And as I said earlier, to everyone Papua New Guinean, as your Prime Minister and your number one defender, right now if someone choose to press long range missiles someplace, I have no ability to defend this country. So as Prime Minister, I have to work fastest, quickest, earliest, to the best of our ability to make sure that our country is able to protect itself. This one now enables, if we finally reach the text that our officials have signed upon, if the cabinet process is retired and Parliament does pass the treaty, then it gives us ability and it also, part of that also entails that if one of us is under threat, then we have a responsibility to each other to assist. And so this one enables us to mobilise our strong help at the earliest. Mind you, my brother, we’re not running around creating enemies. We respect all sovereignties that relate to us. But this is a construct for the future and our two forces, the capacity we must build in Australia too. And the Prime Minister did indicate that if you need more manpower to recruit into your Australian Defence Force, then Papuan citizens are available for them to recruit and serve as Australian Defence Force personnel. So, mutually beneficial to both as a strategic value to both nations. It is in our shared interests that our defence are interoperable and work side by side, step by step into the future. My number one task is to protect the country. In the interest of protecting the country, I’m making this call.

PRIME MINISTER ALBANESE: And similarly, as the Prime Minister has said, the key word here is mutual. This is in the interest of Papua New Guinea and in the interests of Australia – and that is why this is a historic move forward. We of course cooperate all of the time across the board. What this does is formalise, what I think, is a common sense position resulting from our history and resulting from our geography.

JOURNALIST: Prime Minister, thank you. Mr Albanese, your Minister said that you would sign the treaty today – it’s not finalised. Is that embarrassing that it hasn’t been finalised today? And if it’s not finalised, is the NRL deal, Rugby League deal at risk? Prime Minister Marape, congratulations on the Golden Jubilee, a wonderful celebration. I want to ask you though, can you guarantee this deal will be done? That you will stake your leadership on finalising this treaty?

PRIME MINISTER ALBANESE: Well, can I say that one of the things about this, not just this Treaty, but this relationship, is we respect sovereignty and we respect the processes of the Papua New Guinea government. What this is about is the processes of their Cabinet, that we respect. It’s been a busy week, this week. Monday, the Cabinet members were in various parts of Papua New Guinea – that is perfectly understandable. But the wording has been agreed to, the communique today has signed outlines precisely what is in the Treaty. We’re releasing that for everyone to see today. And this is very positive, very positive. There is no downside in this whatsoever. This is all upside for Australia and upside for Papua New Guinea. And I can’t think of a better time for us to be releasing the communique than, as I discussed with Prime Minister Marape on Monday, for us to sign a communique today on the day after the 50th anniversary of the birth of this great nation.

JOURNALIST: And the NRL team?

PRIME MINISTER ALBANESE: The NRL team is going to be running on the field, and get on board. And I tell you what, get on board for them to do very well, very quickly. They will have the biggest junior rugby league academy right throughout PNG that any, all the other teams are going to be very jealous of the PNG team. They are aiming for 1 million members of the team. My team thinks it’s going pretty well, we’ve got 30 something thousand members. Put that in perspective.

PRIME MINISTER MARAPE: All right, I want to appreciate this question. Even if there was no rugby league team in NRL, this treaty would still have been signed today. This has nothing whatsoever to do with the rugby league. It is in my national interest, as I said at the fastest, quickest, earliest, to build up my defence force. There was some insanity back in my country’s history over 25 years ago where our defence force was eroded to absolutely nothing. I said earlier I’m ashamed as Prime Minister I cannot defend my country. And I asked Australia, to Papua New Guineans, Australia said we can help. We work together. So, Australia did not ask for this. Papua New Guinea asked for this in the interest to defend my sovereignty. Australia said we’ll step with you. Australia’s bought many buddies to select from in so far as defence coaching is anxious. In case you didn’t hear, that is the one second or third since 70 years.

PRIME MINISTER ALBANESE: Yes.

PRIME MINISTER MARAPE: 70 years. And so I wish to distance rugby from this treaty. Even if there was no Rugby League group in 2028, I’d have signed this treaty at present. As Prime Minister, I fall asleep each evening worrying if somebody invades my nation, what’s my defence for my nation? Quickest, quickest, the nation that battled with us mentioned we’ll work with you. If somebody assaults you, we’ll put our physique on the road. Just like the first Papuan Infantry Battalion 1942 to 1945 within the only one single shotguns, have been working aspect by aspect with younger Melburnians, younger Sydneysiders, younger Western Australians who have been deployed into Kokoda to battle the conflict. So, we now have historical past, shared historical past, and it’s leaders’ curiosity to assemble the long run they need for his or her nation. So, please distance from small minded. If one thing occurs in PNG or Australia, by default you will be drawn into these conversations. And investing in defence is a defence technique in itself of peace. I wish to repeat this. In good instances, investing in defence is a defence technique in itself. You haven’t got to attend for conflict to spend money on defence. For PNG, we’re buddies to all. And that buddies to all is a dominant coverage that is still. This funding is into capability. Australia may have manpower. We deploy manpower. You recruit from PNG. Your capacities and know-how and so forth we import into PNG. They have to be interoperable aspect by aspect going ahead into the long run. World round have partnerships. Unfortunately, you can not one evening choose up the Australian continent and place on the opposite aspect of the world. You’re right here for perpetually, endlessly. I used to be telling, I feel some individuals inside – geography and historical past you can not change. Two lessons taught by all of us. We’re all college students, think about us, and sitting right here as discovered individuals, you possibly can by no means change geography and historical past. And so, we’re caught right here endlessly. And so, we bought to make to do with what we now have. And for me, even with no rugby league group, I’d have signed this at present.

JOURNALIST: Since it has been a busy 4 days. Where can we go from right here? [inaudible]

PRIME MINISTER MARAPE: Alright, for me there isn’t any vacation. No vacation for me besides my Saturdays once I relaxation on my Sabbath. That recuperates my soul and my physique. But there’s no vacation in public life. And it’s a pointer to each Papua New Guineans. As I mentioned final evening within the closing ceremony, as we conclude sixteenth of September, there’s the seventeenth of September developing. What are you going to do on the seventeenth of September? Are you going to celebration your means by life, or get to severe work and work? This is a pointer to everybody that work for our nation, the subsequent 50 years should begin with no relaxation for all of us. We need our residents to get pleasure from life in a developed nation. That’s the dream I’ve for Papua New Guineans. It begins with us getting again to work. I slept at 2 o’clock final evening and I bought up for work at 4:30 this morning. I need each Papua New Guineans – it’s important to give your time, the perfect potential. You relaxation solely on Sundays or Saturdays. For each public servant, Chief Secretary, each one in every of you. My first instruction: work full time or extra time. Saturdays and Sundays, I mean you can relaxation. Every different day, please work in your time.

PRIME MINISTER ALBANESE: Thanks very a lot. Australia could be very happy with the contribution that we made to the Parliament House right here in Port Moresby. And I used to be proud to be the primary international chief to handle the PNG Parliament. It’s one thing that I’ll always remember. And Prime Minister Marape addressed our Parliament in Canberra as nicely, in what was a historic event. I confirmed that Australia’s reward to PNG to commemorate the fiftieth anniversary of independence is the brand new wing of the Parliament constructing. Importantly, the brand new wing of the Parliament constructing shall be like should you’re dealing with Parliament House, the wing that’s there to the best, shall be on the opposite aspect. And the D wing is coming. And what it should do, with each of it being elevated as nicely, is it should – should you look from above, which there’s a couple of drones we all know now are right here in PNG from final evening – is it should seem like the hen of paradise, such an essential, that we see on the flag and we see as such an essential image of Papua New Guinea. It can be a sign from Australia that we worth your democracy. And there’s nothing higher that we may do than fund the very institutional constructing that can home the expansion of PNG’s democracy going ahead.

PRIME MINISTER MARAPE: Thank you very a lot, Australia Government and Australia Prime Minister simply introduced Australia will help within the D wing. It was an unfinished enterprise, in 1985 when our nation celebrates tenth anniversary. We had the brand new Parliament that we moved in and was celebrating our tenth anniversary within the new Parliament. The C wing was put in, the D wing was left uncompleted. And so 40 years on, because the first transfer into a brand new Parliament, the Australian Government – and I thank each Australian taxpayers – they’re once more helping us within the setup of the D wing and a part of our reconstruct. And borrowing his phrase, appreciating our democracy that we current for the final 50 years. Thank you, a lot.  

JOURNALIST: Prime Minister Marape, what was the sticking level that meant you didn’t signal the treaty at present? And Prime Minister Albanese, has there been any international interference to attempt to undermine this treaty? 

PRIME MINISTER MARAPE: There is not any sticking level. The communique we signed establishes the core ideas of the Treaty that has been processed beneath the Cabinet degree. So, each Cabinets bought to run the method to run. Then after Cabinet offers its blessing, it goes to Parliament for that Treaty to be ratified. This essential institutional processes are working. So, we can’t, we’re not, we’re not working a army dictatorship right here. It’s a democracy. So, you bought to, you bought to run the, you bought to permit the method, new course of to, to finish this course. 

JOURNALIST:[inaudible] 

PRIME MINISTER MARAPE: Process of Cabinet is confined to the Cabinet itself. That’s a purpose why you name it Cabinet. What comes out in a democracy, majority agrees. And as I say at present, the Cabinet may have a deal with on this matter as quickly as Cabinet finishes it, it should then be processed to the subsequent stage. And we anticipate to have a fast turnaround. Answering the primary query raised by our pal from Sky, it won’t be delayed. It’s an essential monumental event to commemorate our fiftieth anniversary, and as I mentioned earlier in my speech there isn’t a higher job for a Prime Minister than safety of its sovereignty. And so, to make this poignant event with this poignant assertion, my Cabinet will course of it on the very earliest. When Cabinet resumes this matter shall be processed. I shall be in a foreign country. Deputy Prime Minister will chair the Cabinet to undergo this, and because the Cabinet processes this, then it should go to the subsequent stage. We have an imminent PNG-Australia Ministerial assembly that’s developing, and we hope that the subsequent stage these discussions then discover its place within the agenda of the PNG-Australia Minister boards. It’s an annual dialogue that takes place yearly in any case. As it goes by the Annual Ministers’ Meeting, and each parliaments, then we’ll have a deal with on this one. I’d deliver to my Parliament. He will after all deliver to his Parliament, and we run this one. This is a course of that may be a deep precedent is working. We do not run it by his name or my name. The whole course of should funnel it by. 

PRIME MINISTER ALBANESE: Yeah. The reply to your query to me is not any. 

JOURNALIST: Prime Minister Albanese, that is twice in per week after Vanuatu, just about returning house with out the anticipated safety grant. Are you overreaching right here making an attempt to persuade nations to signal on to those offers once they aren’t prepared for them? And Prime Minister Marape, thanks very a lot in your hospitality. Thanks for having us in your nation. Are you involved that one other nation maybe China now they’ve a window of alternative possibly making an attempt to foyer your Ministers to scuttle this deal? 

PRIME MINISTER ALBANESE: On the primary, this was a request from Papua New Guinea to Australia. So, I feel that solutions your query. This is a request from PNG to Australia, to which Australia agreed. Democracies aren’t the identical as authoritarian regimes. They undergo processes. We respect them. Processes are essential, and sovereignty is essential, and we respect it. And Papua New Guinea, as we’ll undergo its Cabinet processes, however we now have been agreed on the phrases on this treaty. We haven’t had a brand new alliance in additional than 70 years. This is a really vital settlement going ahead. And it will likely be, after all, finalised because the Prime Minister has mentioned we now have developing our Ministerial Meeting, which is an annual occasion that can happen this time in Australia, as a result of we’re the hosts. And the dates of which can be being finalised however we count on that they clearly shall be this 12 months and subsequent month is what we’re .

PRIME MINISTER MARAPE: All proper. In phrases of your difficulty on and your reference to China, I wish to ask all of you as you keep in PNG please let’s give respect to China. China has been an everlasting pal of PNG for the final 50 years. We preserve one China coverage. But China additionally is aware of clearly that in, so far as safety, we now have safety companions of selection. And so, that is on no account, form or kind Chinese have any hand in saying do not do that and so forth. They have their very own area. The final six years beneath my watch they’ve given nice respect to our Government’s shepherd of this. We’ve been very clear. For safety facet, we work with plenty of safety companions. For you, we work within the areas of commerce and financial and different relations, we work. So, we’ve been very clear in that, and actually, within the subsequent two days or so, I’ll dispatch our Defence Minister to go first to China, and elsewhere in all of our safety nations, USA, France, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Philippines, to tell all of them precisely what that is all about. For us, that is house run for us. It is in our shared pursuits to do that. And it’s bought nothing towards our relationship with them, we requested them too, even by this press, that they do respect PNG’s Government’s selection of safety companions. It is our selection. And we really feel at house with Australia, and we make this selection. We go to them, and we be clear about this and telling them that is the best way it must be, and it’s.

PRIME MINISTER ALBANESE: Thank you very a lot everybody.

PRIME MINISTER MARAPE: Thanks a lot.