New EU-Australia Partnership Framework to be endorsed during the EU-Australia Troika meeting in Paris

On 29 October the European Commissioner for External Relations and European Neighbourhood Policy, Benita Ferrero-Waldner, will participate in the EU-Australia Foreign Ministers' Troika meeting in Paris. The Troika will meet with Australian Foreign Minister Stephen Smith to take stock of EU-Australia relations and to formally endorse the new EU-Australia Partnership Framework, which will form the basis of the bilateral relationship for the years to come.