During a significant diplomatic visit to Australia, UK Defense Secretary Grant Shapps and Australian Defense Minister engaged in a series of events to reinforce the strong defense ties between the UK and Australia under the Aukus treaty. In a press conference, Shapps highlighted the close ideological and geopolitical alignment between the two nations, stating "we could not possibly be closer" and that their world outlook and understanding of the world order are almost identical. Additionally, Shapps and Lord Cameron signed a further agreement under the Aukus treaty. Yesterday, as part of demonstrating Australia's defense capabilities to one of its closest defense partners, Shapps had the opportunity to fly out of Canberra in an F/A-18F Super Hornet, showcasing an important element of Australia's defense capability ahead of AUKMIN24. This flight took place after Shapps met with Prime Minister Anthony Albanese in Canberra, where he then flew to Adelaide in the back seat of an RAAF Super Hornet.
UK defence secretary given a ride from Canberra to Adelaide in Australian military fighter jet https://t.co/7pjaUrPoyf
UK defence secretary given a ride from Canberra to Adelaide in Australian military fighter jet https://t.co/tewsWRARN0
The ABC can reveal that after meeting Prime Minister Anthony Albanese in Canberra on Thursday evening, Grant Shapps flew to Adelaide in the back seat of an RAAF Super Hornet. https://t.co/JYdFuyGuQp
Yesterday, @grantshapps had the opportunity to fly-out of Canberra in an F/A-18F Super Hornet. This flight was part of a demonstration of an important element of Australia’s defence capability to one of our closest defence partners ahead of #AUKMIN24. 🇦🇺 🇬🇧 #YourADF https://t.co/jyr7Ag0777
BREAKING: Grant Shapps and Lord Cameron have signed further agreement under Aukus treaty in Australia https://t.co/PAiZ4D1jU3 📺 Sky 501, Virgin 602, Freeview 233 and YouTube https://t.co/u6qAYVpOH4
Grant Shapps in presser with Australian def min: "we could not possibly be closer, despite it being almost impossible to be geographically further apart... our view and world outlook is very, very similar. Our understanding of the world order almost identical"