CANBERRA, ACT, May 4 -- The Prime Minister of Australia issued the following media release:
ANTHONY ALBANESE, PRIME MINISTER OF AUSTRALIA:Well, can I say that it is an honour to welcome Sanae to Australia, as we mark a truly special milestone.50 years since our countries signed the historic Basic Treaty of Friendship and Cooperation. That Treaty was first championed by Prime Minister Whitlam in 1973 when he visited the historic capital city of Nara, sister city to Canberra and the home district of Sanae. When concluded in 1976, at the time of a global oil shock and geopolitical upheaval at the end of the Vietnam War, the Basic Treaty represented a commitment between Australia and Japan to stand, work and prosper together. In the decades th...