PM Ishiba Receives Australian Deputy PM/Defense Minister Marles and Foreign Minister Wong

Prime Minister Ishiba received courtesy calls from Australian Deputy Prime Minister/Defense Minister Richard Marles and Foreign Minister Penny Wong at the Prime Minister Office. This meeting aims to strengthen Japan-Australia defense and diplomatic cooperation as important diplomatic event. Both countries deepen strategic partnership toward free and open Indo-Pacific realization, strengthening cooperation across defense, economic partnership, and regional security. The visit likely involved discussions on QUAD framework cooperation promotion, responses to China maritime expansion, and North Korea issues. Japan-Australia partnership as value-sharing nations is expected to further strengthen cooperation for regional peace and stability.