Chung Ki-yong, deputy secretary of the Strategic Planning and Coordination Group at the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs, and Ellie Lawson agreed to work together as partners sharing the same core values ​​in implementing their Indo-Pacific strategies, Yonhap news agency reported. Agreed to cooperate closely.

According to the ministry, both sides also shared the need for "strategic communication" and "institutionalization of cooperation".

Last August, Australia launched the Geostrategy and Partnership Division to oversee partnerships with the US, Britain, Canada, South Korea and Japan and shape the work of the Quad, the grouping of the US, Japan, India and Australia.