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The foreign affairs minister, Julie Bishop, says she spoke on the phone this morning to the new US secretary of state, Rex Tillerson.



She told the Coalition party room that her conversation with Tillerson “could not have been warmer” and there was “no doubt” the Turnbull government and the Trump administration would work together.

It is clear that the United States will remain deeply engaged in our region.

She also told them she would be meeting China’s foreign affairs minister, Wang Yi, on Tuesday afternoon, and this showed Australia could be friendly with both nations.

