Australia’s Defence Minister Richard Marles will meet with his U.S. and Japanese counterparts at an Asian security forum in Singapore, the first trilateral talks since elections in Australia and the Trump Administration took office.
Marles will attend the Shangri-La Dialogue, Asia’s premier security forum, making his first foreign visit since the centre-left Labor government won an increased majority in national elections this month.
Marles will meet Japanese Defence Minister Gen Nakatani and U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, his office said on Thursday.
The annual trilateral meeting was last held in November in Darwin, Australia, where the three countries agreed to increase joint military exercises, intelligence and surveillance cooperation.
AUSTRALIA’S DEFENCE MINISTER MARLES TO MEET US, JAPAN COUNTERPARTS
