Prime Minister of Australia

JENS STOLTENBERG, NATO SECRETARY GENERAL:

Prime Minister Turnbull, it is a great pleasure and honor to welcome you here to the NATO headquarters. And thank you for being here and thank you also for the strong and very productive partnership we have developed over many years between NATO and Australia.

Although Australia is far from here, you are one of NATO’s closest partners. We share the same values: democracy, human rights and the rule of law. By working together, we make a stronger contribution to international security.

We are both liberal democracies and you’ve emphasized the importance of maintaining the rules-based order, the rules of the road that ensure that might is not right. That is the foundation of our security and our prosperity.

Security and prosperity and local jobs, going hand in hand.

Well, we’re here in Berlin fighting for Australian jobs.

This memorial behind me stands as a solemn and lasting tribute to the 100,000 Australians who fought and died in two world wars.

And we're determined to ensure there will be an Invictus games that we all remember. And it will give us a glimpse of what makes our veterans so extraordinary.

There is much for us to look ahead to, as well, as we look at some of the ways, some of the challenges we face in today’s world.

In a post Brexit environment we see even greater opportunities for trade and investment between the United Kingdom and Australia.

Now the first day of the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting has concluded. Very productive deliberations.

Today we affirm our commitment to deliver a high-speed undersea telecommunication cable between Australia and Solomon Islands.

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