Australian Defense Task Group Visits Fiji as Part of Australia’s ‘Pacific Step-Up’

Australian Defense Task Group Visits Fiji as Part of Australia’s ‘Pacific Step-Up’
Fiji's Prime Minister Josaia Voreqe Bainimarama and Australia's Prime Minister Scott Morrison pose for photographs before a bilateral meeting at Parliament House in Canberra, Monday, Sept. 16, 2019. Mick Tsikas-Pool/Getty Images
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The Australian Defense Force (ADF) visited Fiji for a week of activities in Suva as part of the Australian government’s Pacific Step-up initiative, one of Australia’s highest foreign policy priorities that puts emphasis on engagement with the Pacific region.
“Our latest visit continues to build upon an extensive partnering program already established between the ADF and the Republic of Fiji Military Forces (RFMF),” Commander of the Australian Joint Task Force 637, Major General Justin Ellwood, said in a release on Thursday.
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