Australian Air Chief Marshal calls on Acting External Affairs Minister

An Australian delegation led by Air Chief Marshal Angus Houston AC, AFC (Ret’d), the Australian Prime Minister’s Special Envoy, met with Acting Minister of External Affairs Neomal Perera at the Ministry of External Affairs on 14 March 2013. 

The delegation included Australia’s Ambassador for People Smuggling Issues Craig Chittick and Greg Kelly, Minister, Counsellor Co-Manager (Australia) of the Bali Process on People Smuggling, Trafficking in Persons and Related Transnational Crime  (Bali Process) Regional Support Office.

Air Chief Marshal Angus Houston, the Chair of the Australian Prime Minister’s Experts Panel on Asylum Seekers, was further accompanied by Australia’s High Commissioner to Sri Lanka Robyn Mudie, who thanked Perera for Sri Lanka’s continuing strong support in combating irregular migration and also for the strong cooperation extended in the Bali Process.

ACM Houston also reiterated Australia’s support for logistical arrangements for CHOGM 2013.