CANBERRA, ACT, July 7 -- The Prime Minister of Australia issued the following media release:
MATTHEW WALE, PRIME MINISTER OF THE SOLOMON ISLANDS:Prime Minister, welcome, and the honorary Minister and your esteemed delegation. We are extremely pleased so soon after I visited that you were able to come, and of course, we are hoping you'll come again before the year is out. We have much to transact, so we look forward to great conversations going forward. Thank you.
ANTHONY ALBANESE, PRIME MINISTER OF AUSTRALIA:Thank you very much, Prime Minister to you and your delegation. This visit came, of course, out of a dinner that we had at The Lodge. You spoke about your national day, I said I'll try to come, and here we are with the delegation. So ...