Assistant Foreign Minister Matt Thistlethwaite believes the relationship between Australia and the United States is strong despite Prime Minister Anthony Albanese’s delayed meeting with President Donald Trump.
Previously, there had been hopes he would secure such a meeting at the U.N. General Assembly in New York.
Thistlethwaite, however, talked up the relationship between the United States and Australia.
“We’ve had pretty good commitments that AUKUS will be maintained and we’ll continue on that important defence relationship into the future,” he said on Sky News Australia on Sept. 23.
“And I think it’s a sign that the relationship between Australia and the United States is strong.”…