Strengthening Cooperation at the 2023 G7 Summit in Japan

On 19th May, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese arrived in Hiroshima, Japan to attend the 2023 G7 Summit as an outreach partner, at the invitation of His Excellency Mr Kishida Fumio, the Prime Minister of Japan.

This is the fourth G7 invitation an Australian Prime Minister has received in five years, including Biarritz, France in 2019, Washington, USA in 2020 (cancelled due to COVID-19) and Carbis Bay, UK in 2021.

Across three outreach partner sessions, Prime Minister Albanese had the opportunity to work with some of Australia's closest partners to tackle complex global challenges. Leaders worked together to uphold the rules-based order and deliver progress on sustainable development, climate change and the net zero transformation.

He also held a number of bilateral meetings, including with Brazilian President His Excellency Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, South Korean President His Excellency Yoon Suk Yeol, United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres, US President the Honorable Joseph R Biden Jnr., Indonesian President His Excellency Joko Widodo, Chancellor of Germany His Excellency Olaf Scholz, Cook Islands Prime Minister the Hon Mark Brown, and Prime Minister of Japan His Excellency Mr Kishida Fumio.

The G7 and outreach partners agreed the Hiroshima Action Statement for Resilient Global Food Security. The Statement included commitments to respond to ongoing global food security and to build more resilient, sustainable and inclusive agriculture and food systems.

Prime Minister Albanese also discussed Australia's clean energy transition, commitments to drive down emissions, and scale up renewable energy - seizing the opportunities of the net zero transformation. He signed a statement of intent with President Biden to take forward a Climate, Critical Minerals and Clean Energy Transformation Compact with the United States, as well as a releasing a broader Joint Leaders' Statement highlighting the breadth of cooperation between Australia and the United States.

While in Hiroshima, the Prime Minister also met with Quad counterparts Prime Minister Kishida, India's Prime Minister the Hon Narendra Modi and US President Biden. The leaders discussed their shared commitment to an open, stable and prosperous Indo-Pacific, and issued a Quad Leaders' Vision Statement and Quad Joint Leaders' Statement.

Before departing Japan, Prime Minister Albanese also paid his respects at the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park, and visited the Genbaku Dome. Prime Minister Albanese reiterated that Australia stands with Japan in our efforts towards a world without nuclear weapons.