ANTHONY ALBANESE, PRIME MINISTER: Well, it’s a great honour for me to be here I’ve got to say. But good to also take the opportunity for us to once again meet. As you know, I thank you for your warm wishes on my re-election as well.
VOLODYMYR ZELENSKYY, PRESIDENT OF UKRAINE: Our congratulations, it’s a successful victory and yes, we were supportive of you and your people, your country, and we are thankful for your support. Our congratulations to you, it's historical. A chance for all the people.
PRIME MINISTER ALBANESE: Well, during our campaign, I made it clear that the Australian Government position that I lead is very supportive of your struggle and we see your struggle as being about your national sovereignty, your right to determine your own future. The Russian illegal aggression needs to be resisted and we stand with Ukraine very clearly and unequivocally. And we also have, of course, called for peace, though Ukraine has to be able to determine your future and not to have something imposed on you. We have been participants in the discussions that have been convened by Prime Minister Starmer and President Macron. It's always at strange hours in Australia, some very late night meetings that I have participated in. We've said that if a peace process emerges, we would consider being involved in a coalition of the willing. Until then we'll continue to provide support. We have, as you know, we have tanks that are on their way at the moment, which is a very positive initiative. We've provided now around about 1.5 billion dollars in support, primarily military and defence support. Because the struggle, the courage that your people are showing is quite remarkable and your leadership as President as well, has been so steadfast and quite inspirational.
PRESIDENT ZELENSKYY: Thank you very much for your military support, for your strong words and supporting the coalition of the willing. I think that it’s not strange we are both allies. I think it's great that we have so many allies in different continents. Together, we can really move this situation to closer to peace, with pressure on Russia. And we are very thankful for sanctions. I wanted to raise with you also this topic which is very important, to put more pressure, more sanctions on Russia. And I hope that we can have a real just peace, what we need for our people. And thank you for the news of the tanks.
PRIME MINISTER ALBANESE: And thank you as well, just for the final comment, for what you have said with Mr Jenkins. We continue to, the Russian so-called courts have brought down an outrageous ruling, and we continue to seek his freedom and his return to Australia, and we thank you for the assistance in that.