Today Foreign Minister announced Australia would accept an invitation to become an enhanced partner of  at the NATO conference later this week. The conference, being held in  , is to feature the ongoing situation in  , who it was yesterday announced would be sending their defence minister, Bismullah Khan Muhammadi. In speeches recently, Australian Prime Minister  has indicated his country will be taking a more muscular foreign policy stance. Abbott has taken a firm stance against 's involvement in the current violence in , with Australia announcing sanctions yesterday in support of the Ukrainian government.
Today Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop announced Australia would accept an invitation to become an enhanced partner of NATO at the NATO conference later this week. The conference, being held in Wales , is to feature the ongoing situation in Afghanistan , who it was yesterday announced would be sending their defence minister, Bismullah Khan Muhammadi. In speeches recently, Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott has indicated his country will be taking a more muscular foreign policy stance. Abbott has taken a firm stance against 's involvement in the current violence in , with Australia announcing sanctions yesterday in support of the Ukrainian government.
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Tony Abbott