 That's right. We have a lot of friends who have been here for a long, long time. We have the Minister of Penny Wong, the Foreign Minister of Australia, who is here with us. So just on behalf of the government and the people of Tuvalu, I'd like to only welcome you again, Honorable Minister, to Tuvalu. We had a welcoming dinner last night for the Honorable Minister. She's had a few meetings with our Ministers and had the opportunity to also see the different parts of the island of Naftali. And we're very happy to have a press conference this morning and give an opportunity to the media. If you have any questions, you'd like to ask myself or the Honorable Minister. But from my side, we're very happy to have you here, Minister, and welcome. Thank you very much, Minister Kofiik. If I may just make a few remarks. The first, I want to thank Minister Kofiik and the Government of Tuvalu for the warmth of their welcome for the wonderful celebration last night. I want to thank the Minister personally, who hosted me so generously for the dinner, but also for hosting me at his house for breakfast this morning. I really have deeply, personally appreciated the warmth of your engagement and the way in which we've been able to have, I think, important conversations. I want to just make two points. The first is about family. And I've spoken about that a lot around the Pacific in this last year. Australians, our Government wants to be a better, more engaged, more helpful member of the Pacific family. And we recognise that families, as I said last night, they're about love and care, but they're also about duty and loyalty. And we see in this time of so many challenges, strategic competition, climate change, as well as COVID, the importance of the Pacific family. We've seen it over the last few years and we see that as central to how we envisage the region in which we live and the ocean we share. But I want to particularly focus on climate, particularly given where we are, this northernmost tip of Tuvalu and the location of Minister Kofi's very famous speech or message to the world. And it's fitting that we should be standing beside you, because that's how I want to think about it, how Australia thinks about it. We are beside you in this. And it is an existential challenge. It is the peoples of the Pacific, peoples of Tuvalu are confronting a crisis, not of their making, confronting a crisis, a challenge to their existence, to their culture, to their sovereignty that they have not chosen. And we see as Australians, it is our responsibility to stand beside you in your fight to preserve your identity, your sovereignty and your call to action to the world, to all countries of the world, to do more when it comes to the fight against climate change. We know that no climate change cannot be confronted unless all countries take action, all countries. And I hope that the work that we can do together with our different voices and our different perspectives will add weight to the call for more action, which of course is most exemplified by our desire to host a conference of the parties, co-host with the Pacific, a conference of the parties in the future. Happy to take questions. Are you going to listen to one at this particular time of the year? And what are you anticipating with outcomes? Would you desire to achieve at the end of this? Close to partnership. Close to partnership on climate change, on the economic aspirations of Tuvalu and to work together in the region. That's what I think we take. This is, we were elected just less than a year ago and I made a commitment to myself that I wanted to try and visit every member of the Pacific Island Forum in my first year as Prime Minister and I wanted to listen, to engage, to engage with respect and humility. And the reason I wanted to do all of the visits to and with, engage with all members of the Pacific Island Forum in the first year was because we are a member of the Forum because we share an ocean, we share a region, we share a future. But it also was a statement of our priorities as a new government. And our priority is here, our priority is the region in which we live. So the Pacific and also Southeast Asia, I wanted to be very clear, these are our priorities and we are going to demonstrate that by engaging, by listening and by being there. Well I think that's really a question of priorities for the people in the government We want to be guided by Pacific priorities and we want to be guided by your priorities. So I don't see, we don't come here to, we come here to listen to your priorities and to have the discussion about how we can work best together. And obviously climate is, and climate resilience is important. But as you know Australia has traditionally focused on health and education as well as infrastructure. Yes, look I want to make a point about not only the engagement piece but also labour movement and it's a point I made at the Pacific Islands Forum. We want those arrangements, those schemes to work for the sender countries as well as for Australia. So we want to have a dialogue with the countries of the region who want to participate or who are participating about how we make sure they work well together. On the visa that you described that will require legislation to get through the parliament. So we're engaging with the parliament about making sure we can work through that. And but we will work with Tuvalu and other countries of the region about how the scheme would operate and when it would commence. Yes we, Australia is a contributor to that and has put additional funds bilaterally as well as being obviously part of the Green, historically being part of the Green Climate Fund. But my observation about it is this, you know this is one of the ways in which we can try and work together to manage the real and present risks that climate change prevents. It's quite an impressive project and I was really pleased to go there with Minister Seve and to see the way in which we've collaboratively worked to try and reclaim that land. To me, he's very eloquent you should ask him. Yes, I mean it is the number one threat. Okay, we have it if you need it. It is the reality of and the enormity of what climate change means to the peoples of the Pacific and particularly those who live in atoll countries with something I'm aware of. But you can't, you are, of course I'm moved to speak with you in person about it. So and I was thinking last night as I was part of the dance and the singing. What it is for people who are obviously so proud of who they are in their culture, how it is to feel that this is happening to their country with so and how hard it is that they cannot stop that happening. So it made me I suppose even more focused on the importance of working together on some of the projects that and the strategies that Minister Coffey is seeking to do to protect your sovereignty and to preserve your sovereignty going forward. But I think the next thing we really need to work on together apart from all the things we do is to make sure the conference of the parties that the COP31 yields even more ambitious outcomes. We come as friends and we come as family and we want to work with you. You didn't get a question. How is that? I'll briefly respond to the other issues that you've touched on. But let me just say that we came into office at the end of 2019 just before the COVID-19 outbreak. So our borders have been closed for the last three years and finally opened in December of last year. And so this visit is a significant one and it is the first foreign minister that we've received during our term. So I think it speaks volumes to the effort and the commitment from Australia to building our relationship and deepening our cooperation. So I just wanted to commend you Honourable Minister for that. I know you hit the road running when you came into office. I was it last year. And so we appreciate the effort to come out to Tuvalu. And as I said last night it is my hope that your visit will help deepen our diplomatic relationship. In the Pacific we like to do face-to-face meetings. We've had COVID-19 for the past three years and everything was online. But I think having that face-to-face meeting is just different dynamics and it really helps us to get a feel of the issues of our partners and find ways to move forward. So really appreciate your visit. And as I said last night our foreign policy focuses very much on the global well-being and focusing on the responsibilities of nations to achieving that well-being. And our policy is obviously developed from the values that are enshrined in the Tuvalu constitution. As I mentioned also last night the Tuvalu is a community-based society. We value the well-being of the community and we emphasize the responsibilities of individuals. And so we've tried to bring that into our foreign service and then try to be consistent in our actions and in our outreach to global leaders. And I think we're living in a time where we need to really promote these values. The interconnectedness of the world. The vulnerabilities of countries to each other's actions really requires us to look at the bigger picture. And I know it's natural for leaders and for countries to pursue their own national interests. That's very natural because we are humans and we're driven by that. But I think Tuvalu has an important role to speak and to try to draw the attention to the bigger picture. And climate change I think it's a perfect example of an issue that requires everyone on board. And I shared briefly last night about the importance of building bridges. I understand that there's geopolitical tensions in the region and obviously Tuvalu is not here to point fingers at anyone. We think that if peace is the objective for everyone then we should be looking at what is our responsibility to achieving peace. And so that's a message from Tuvalu. As I also said this Sunday we'll mark 80 years since the bombing of this island that we were on. And not far from here there is a concrete block that used to hold a gun. And it's just a reminder of the devastation of war. And Tuvalu wants nothing less than peace for and stability for the region. And I know Australia is, we look up to Australia as a bigger brother, the biggest sister. And we were suddenly happy to work with yourself to bring that to our part of the world. So yeah, the question what? No, she works with me. She better not ask him a question. Well, I think this visit was to really have the opportunity to have a face-to-face meeting with the General Minister, Penny Wong, but also an opportunity for her to see first hand Tuvalu and the vulnerabilities of our islands and what is really at stake for Tuvalu when we're talking about issues on climate change. I know that the Albanese government have taken positive steps in the right directions to address that, but also recognize that there are also challenges internally that you need to deal with and looking at how you can transition your economy. We fully understand that. And I think the approach that Australia has taken has been a very diplomatic one. It's been one of respect and humility. And I wanted to yourself for that minister. So in short, it's basically just to touch base and have this opportunity, which we did not have in the last three years. Thank you. Thank you very much. This is one of the best locations I've had. Thank you. Just give that to Ash. Thank you.