Opening Remarks - Bilateral Meeting

RISHI SUNAK, PRIME MINISTER OF THE UNITED KINGDOM: Anthony, great to see you.

ANTHONY ALBANESE, PRIME MINISTER OF AUSTRALIA: Great to be here.

PRIME MINISTER OF THE UNITED KINGDOM: It is an important day for UK-Australia relations with the announcement that we're making. And I am delighted to see you again.

PRIME MINISTER OF AUSTRALIA: Well, tomorrow will be a very big day. And AUKUS has been a lot of hard work. But it is in the three countries' interests. The sum of the three is more than one plus one plus one in this case. And I think that the cooperation we've had is really exciting. We see that this is an investment in our capability. But at the same time, of course, we're investing in our relationships in the region as well. And I've been talking with other leaders in the region, as well, explaining our position. And it's been well-received and understood why we're doing this. It builds on our long-term relationship.

PRIME MINISTER OF THE UNITED KINGDOM: I know that we're very excited about it. It's about our commitment to the Pacific region, which, even though it's geographically a long way from where we are, it's important in a way to demonstrate our commitment to the values that we hold dear as countries. But also, it is a good year for UK-Australia more generally. We've got a free trade agreement, which is going to get passed through and be enforced. And also, hopefully we will get the English Lionesses to be raising the World Cup later. We'll see how that goes. That should be exciting for us.