00:00Well, look, we may have differences around Hamas, but what we are saying is that we are
00:29very united on is that we need to see an immediate ceasefire in that region.
00:33I actually had the Prime Minister of Qatar, as you'll be aware, come and visit with me
00:37in Wellington a couple of weeks ago.
00:39He's right in the middle with Egypt and the U.S. actually trying to get both parties to
00:42the table, and that's exactly what's needed here.
00:45And the Prime Minister's seen our statements that we've put out with both Canada and Australia
00:49as tripartite statements, and we've done three now calling for that immediate ceasefire.
00:54But look, we may have differences on those things, but the reality is when you think
00:57about transnational organised crime, those are issues affecting both of our countries.
01:02There's huge opportunities to deal with that.
01:05We both are all very conscious of the rise of violent extremism and also wanting to maintain
01:09social cohesion in what are increasingly multicultural societies, and those are things that we will
01:15continue to work hard at.
01:16You know, there's 195 countries in the world who don't agree on everything with each other
01:20either.
01:21That's quite normal.
01:22But I can tell you we have no closer friend in Asia than Malaysia.
01:25That's a long-standing relationship that goes back many, many decades.
01:28And what we're determined to do is to continue to find the common ground to work and progress
01:32the things that we can do together, of which there is many, many things.
01:36But we both are very united in calling for an immediate ceasefire, getting the parties
01:40around the negotiating table, and ultimately finding a two-state solution.
01:44I mean, in fact, I did acknowledge and express my appreciation for the latest statement issued
01:52by New Zealand, together with other partners, on the need to immediately implement a ceasefire
02:00and find an amicable, peaceful resolution.
02:04My position must have been made clear, and it's good, because then there's an opportunity
02:07to express our position, why we take that position, because the atrocities happened
02:13from 1947-48, and you can't preclude that and erase that part of history.
02:21But atrocities must end from any quarters that we share.
02:25This is our opposition, and 40,000 people killed by one party, and they are not terrorists.
02:32There is also a problem to then engage.
02:36But what is more important, and I agree fully with the Prime Minister, is that what is the
02:41solution now?
02:42What do we need to do now?
02:44It is to support all efforts to secure an immediate ceasefire.
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