House Foreign Affairs Committee Ranking Member Meeks Meets with Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong on Sidelines of UN General Assembly

New York City - Representative Gregory W. Meeks, Ranking Member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, met with Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly High Level Week.

Ranking Member Meeks expressed his strong support for the U.S.-Australia alliance and cooperation to keep the Indo-Pacific free and open. The Ranking Member also reinforced support for the trilateral security partnership AUKUS and thanked the Foreign Minister for Australia's diplomatic and development initiatives in the Pacific.