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TUE 02 NOVEMBER 2010

A joint announcement on the commencement of negotiations on an Indonesia-Australia Economic Partnership

President of the Republic of Indonesia, H.E. Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono and the Prime Minister of Australia, H.E. Julia Gillard had a bilateral meeting in Jakarta, 02 November 2010 to exchange views on various issues of common interest to strengthen the relationship between Indonesia and...

TUE 02 NOVEMBER 2010

Reception Speech Jakarta, Indonesia

I'd like to thank Sondang Sirait for her introduction and Minister for Foreign Affairs Dr Marty Natagelawa for his kind words. Let me say first how saddened Australia was by the twin disasters that struck western Sumatra and Central Java in recent days - and by the devastating...

MON 01 NOVEMBER 2010

Transcript of press conference Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

PM: I wanted to briefly go through what I consider to be the key outcomes of the meeting that I've just had with the Deputy Prime Minister of Malaysia. Obviously, the Prime Minister of Malaysia is unwell, and our best wishes go to him for a speedy recovery. Can I say I think the key...

SUN 31 OCTOBER 2010

Transcript of interview with Jim Middleton, Hanoi, Vietnam

MIDDLETON: Prime Minister, thanks very much for joining us. PM: Thank you for the opportunity. MIDDLETON: Now you had a brief one on one meeting with Hillary Clinton while you were here, what did you tell her? PM: Well the main impression that I had from my short...

SUN 31 OCTOBER 2010

Transcript of press conference Hanoi, Vietnam

PM: I wanted to take the opportunity to update people on the outcomes of yesterday's discussions and work and also to outline what I will be doing in Vietnam today. First can I say the East Asia Summit concluded successfully yesterday. I was very pleased to see that the...

SUN 31 OCTOBER 2010

Transcript of interview with Richard Davis, SBS

DAVIS: Julia Gillard thanks for your time. What has this summit achieved? PM: I think this summit has achieved a series of things. First and foremost, of course, it has formally agreed that from next year the US and Russia will join the East Asia Summit, that means we have now...

SUN 31 OCTOBER 2010

Prime Minister attends East Asia Summit in Hanoi

Prime Minister Julia Gillard yesterday joined the leaders of ASEAN, China, Republic of Korea, Japan, India and New Zealand for the fifth East Asia Summit (EAS) in Hanoi, Vietnam. East Asia is vital to Australia's political, economic and strategic interests. The members of the...

SUN 31 OCTOBER 2010

Australia bolsters relationship with Vietnam

Prime Minister Julia Gillard today met President Nguyen Minh Triet, Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung, and General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam, Nong Duc Manh in her first bilateral visit to Vietnam. The meeting followed on from the successful fifth East Asia Summit which...

SAT 30 OCTOBER 2010

Transcript of press conference, Hanoi, Vietnam

PM: I arrived in Vietnam yesterday and of course it's great to be here for the East Asia Summit. Yesterday I met with the Prime Minister of New Zealand, we discussed a range of matters involving Australia's very close, long standing and deep friendship with New Zealand and of...

THU 28 OCTOBER 2010

Transcript of interview with Chris Uhlmann ABC24

UHLMANN: Julia Gillard, welcome to ABC News 24. PM: Thank you very much. UHLMANN: What do you hope to achieve at the East Asia Summit in Hanoi? PM: This is an important meeting, of course the East Asia Summit is bringing together the right countries, the countries in...