Senate debates

Tuesday, 19 June 2018

Motions

United States-North Korea Summit

4:18 pm

Photo of Cory BernardiCory Bernardi (SA, Australian Conservatives) Share this | | Hansard source

I move:

That the Senate—

(a) notes the historic summit between the President of the United States, Mr Donald Trump, and the leader of North Korea, Mr Kim Jong-un; and

(b) congratulates President Trump for:

  (i) achieving a diplomatic breakthrough his predecessors could not achieve,

  (ii) advancing the de-escalation of tensions on the Korean peninsula, and

  (iii) advancing the cause of denuclearisation of the Korean peninsula.

Question agreed to.