Welcome back to the aspen security forum. I am director of the aspen shot a geo group. I should say good morning to the Prime Minister of australia. It is a real honor for us to welcome scott morrison, the Prime Minister of our great ally australia. In his two years of Prime Minister he has heard the country through several crises, the wildfires. The covid19 crisis where australia has an impressive record, and Foreign Policy the Prime Minister led a research and of australias insolent in the south pacific. Australia was the first government to exclude huawei from its 5g network. Australia is currently undergoing, as are many other countries in the world, a challenge in china. States, indiad and japan, and others. Prime minister, i have the Great Fortune to spend three weeks and australia. I had worked for the government in the past and was very impressed by the depths of everything we are doing together. You will be interviewed by margaret brennan. She is moderator of the pbs show face
Director of the aspen strategy group. I should say good morning to the Prime Minister of australia. And to everybody in australia. It is a real honor for us to welcome scott morrison, the Prime Minister of our great ally australia. He leads one of the strongest and most impressive allies of the United States and arguably in arguably the most important region of the world, the indo pacific. In his two years of Prime Minister he has heard the , country through several crises, the wildfires of last autumn, the covid19 crisis where australia has an , impressive record. In Foreign Policy the Prime Minister led a research and of australias influence in the south pacific. Australia was the first government to exclude huawei from its 5g network. Australia is currently undergoing, as are many other countries in the world, a challenge from china on many fronts. With the United States, india and japan, and others. Prime minister, i have the Great Fortune to spend three weeks and australia. Id wor
2020 has been quite a challenging and tumultuous year across the globe. Especially, weve seen some devastating effects. Coronavirus across the world and in our region in latin america and in venezuela. In venezuela, as well, we have an internationally recognized interim government that marked its first year, we have a growing humanitarian crisis that entered a new phase and the pandemic with a crippling Health Care System that has already been unable to provide even the most basic medicine to venezuelan people and at the same time an economy thats in hyper inflationary collapse and social unrest across the country. And we also have, as we look to the end of this year, an election in venezuela, in december, that theyre all set to be a sham parliamentary election among increasing opposition. A top priority for International Allies of venezuelan Democratic Forces should be deterring the global web list of activities and external and nonstate partners that help to sustain maduro and his ba
It is a real honor for us to welcome scott morrison, the Prime Minister of our great ally australia. In his two years of Prime Minister he has heard the country through several crises, the wildfires. The covid19 crisis where australia has an impressive record, and Foreign Policy the Prime Minister led a research and of australias insolent in the south pacific. Australia was the first government to exclude huawei from its 5g network. Australia is currently undergoing, as are many other countries in the world, a challenge in china. States, indiad and japan, and others. Prime minister, i have the Great Fortune to spend three weeks and australia. I had worked for the government in the past and was very impressed by the depths of everything we are doing together. You will be interviewed by margaret brennan. She is moderator of the pbs show face the nation. She is the correspondent for our Great Network pbs. Minister, welcome and we look forward to a good conversation. P. M. Morrison thank y
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