 Thanks very much everybody we're right okay look it's wonderful to be back here in Cambodia I have visited previously in a personal capacity but this is my first visit as Foreign Minister and it is fantastic to be here at Chagre to open the Australian Centre for Education's new campus which was opened some 30 years ago by Prime Minister Paul Keating who opened the first Centre in Gnom Penh and since that time ACE has delivered English language training to more than half a million Cambodians it's a wonderful demonstration of investment in people and investment in people-to-people links. This year is also an auspicious year for Australia-Cambodia relations marking this anniversary the 70th anniversary of diplomatic links a reminder of Australia's long-standing engagement in this region the region we share and a reminder of Australia's long-standing and deep engagement with Cambodia we share a region we share a future and we share today's challenges of course the organisation which centrally deals with the shared interests of Southeast Asia is ASEAN and I said when I had the honour of being appointed Australia's Foreign Minister that one of my top priorities would be engagement with Southeast Asia and with ASEAN as an entity it is in our country's interests to help shape the region to help shape a strategic equilibrium in this region where countries are not forced to choose but can all make their own sovereign choices and ASEAN is central to achieving that we want a region where no one country dominates where sovereignty and sovereign decisions are respected and the agreed rules of the road are followed. I'm looking forward very much to the many meetings over the next couple of days and to deepening our partnership with ASEAN. I'm happy to take questions I know there are some journalists apparently on the phone to take questions if they could just allow me to take some questions from those who are here and then I'll turn to those who are on the phone so I'm happy to take questions. Sorry, your first question was how many days am I here? I'm afraid I'm here for a very narrow period of time. I hope I can come back again soon. Parliament was sitting in Australia so I had to attend Parliament so we flew through the night to be here by this morning. It was very beautiful sunrise I have to say coming in and I will be here obviously today and tomorrow for the meetings but your question on the 70 years look I would say and when I spoke to your foreign minister we talked about the 70 years and the achievements shared achievements and obviously Australia is as I said in my speech both humbled and proud of our involvement in the peace accords our involvement in supporting Cambodia to you know a new modern vibrant nation and our role in working with others to end the conflict and I hope you know that that is a part of our shared history that we can again underline this year. Anyone else? Yes you go. Yes look that's a good question and I think probably I'd refer to my answer to your colleague which is obviously one of the great achievements was the peace accords and the work that both our nations did and former Foreign Minister Gareth Evans and others to support the process of ending the conflict but I look forward to continued and greater engagement on education. I know that we have also worked together in the addressing the shared challenge of COVID but ultimately I make this point we live in a region that is being reshaped and all countries will make their own decisions about how they navigate that reshaping. I hope that in our bilateral relationship but also in our relationship with Cambodia as an important ASEAN member that we can together shape a region that is in all our country's interests. We want a region that in which decisions are not made only by power and might but where the rules of the road enable sovereignty to be respected. Anything more? Okay shall I take an Australian media question on the phone? Well Australia's position is very clear we support the status quo in the Taiwan Straits we say that all parties should consider how they contribute to de-escalating current tensions and I note that the recent statement from the ASEAN Foreign Minister's meeting reflects similar views. Australia will continue to work with partners to promote peace and stability across the Straits and I again underline that Australia's one China policy and support for the status quo remains unchanged. There are the prospects of military drills around Taiwan today what was your reaction to that? Well look we would encourage as I said all parties to consider how they can contribute to de-escalating the current situation and I would again publicly indicate that one of the risks that I think the region is concerned about is the risk of miscalculation and you know we would encourage all parties to consider how they can contribute to de-escalating you know Australia's view is de-escalating within the interests of the region. The prospects of sanctioning their military junta and you said that is under active consideration how is that any different will there be sanctions on the military junta? Well I'd make a few points the first in relation to me and Mark and I take this opportunity to again articulate how appalled and distressed Australia is at the execution of four pro-democracy activists and again call for the regime to cease violence. You would anticipate that we will as we have in the week since we came to government continue to express our views about Myanmar with and to discuss how we can progress the situation in Myanmar with ASEAN partners. We will continue to support ASEAN's leadership in responding to this crisis and I do say publicly again we are dismayed that the regime continues to disregard the five-point consensus. I said that sanctions against members of the military regime are under active consideration. I don't propose to go into any further detail about that at this point but I would say I've also made clear that we are willing and open to engagement with the NUG as I did in opposition. We intend to continue down that path in government. Do you have any update on the fate of Sean Tunnel? How's your government or Australian diplomats most spoken directly to representatives from the juncture about his case since they became to power? Is there any good mark of hope? Look I'd say in relation to Professor Sean Tunnel Professor Tunnel remains our first priority our first priority and that has been reflected in our engagements I would acknowledge publicly and the interventions by and the advocacy for Professor Tunnel that a number of ASEAN ASEAN representatives have engaged in and including from Cambodia and to thank them for that. Foreign Ministers from ASEAN countries yesterday lamented the lack of progress on the five-point plan of consensus. Is that a plan dead in the water or are you hopeful that there could be some progress before the leaders summit in November when leaders will decide what next? Well we always hope for progress. I note that ultimately ASEAN will have to determine how it wishes to proceed given the junters failure to respect the five-point consensus and I hope that there is progress to or at or ahead of or at the leaders meeting. Okay, last one Lisa thank you. Earlier this week Indonesia raised major concerns at the UN about Australia's Orca Submarine Programme. Malaysia is also quite anxious about it. You don't obviously have a bilateral meeting scheduled with either country at ASEAN. Will you get a chance to address some of Indonesia's concerns that we're in that working paper? Well we engage with Indonesia deeply and regularly and I don't propose to provide a running commentary but I would say this as I've said publicly and I that remains Australia's position. Australia and this government is fully committed to obligations under the non-proliferation treaty. We will ensure the highest possible standards applied to Orcas. We are working with the IAEA to reflect that and Australia has I think a very strong track record in its non-proliferation obligations and we will if anything seek to strengthen them through this process. Is there anything further? Thanks very much Lisa. Thank you, bye bye. Okay thanks very much everybody. Nice to see you.