00:00Benjamin Netanyahu said overnight that just recognising a state of Palestine isn't going to bring peace.
00:08Did he make that point to you as well during your call and what do you say to that?
00:12And Senator Wong, did you tell Marco Rubio in your call overnight about this move that Australia will make today?
00:19Well, Prime Minister Netanyahu put arguments to me that, consistent with what he has made internationally as well,
00:29publicly. I put arguments which are consistent with what I have said publicly over a long period of time as well.
00:39Yes, I spoke to Secretary Rubio ahead of the announcement and as a matter of diplomatic courtesy advised him of our intention to announce.
00:49On the Rubio phone call, did you get any assurances that our decision on this will not affect the rest of the bilateral relationship with the US given the Trump administration's opposition?
01:05You're not expecting any blowback on things like trade or AUKUS or anything else?
01:09We speak for Australia and we make our sovereign decisions, but you will see from the readout, I think, that the State Department have issued since the call.
01:18We spoke about a range of matters, including the Indo-Pacific and security in the Indo-Pacific.
01:23And I think you can discern from that that the project that we are engaged in with the United States and others,
01:33which is peace, stability and security in our region, is something we both remain very committed to.
01:38We'll go one, two, three, and then we'll go over that side.
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