Australian prime minister promises to stand ‘shoulder to shoulder’ with US against Islamic State in bilateral discussion in the Philippines Barack Obama says America and Australia will “ramp up” the fight against Islamic State in the wake of the Paris attacks,and will work together to preserve international norms in the disputed zone of the South China Sea.
At the end of a bilateral assembly in Manila that spanned more than an hour, the Australian prime minister Malcolm Turnbull and the US president pledged cooperation on security issues. Turnbull declared Australia would stand “shoulder to shoulder” with the US in the fight against extremist violence.
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Source: theguardian.com