Netanyahu, Turnbull release joint statement after meeting

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his Australian counterpart Malcom Turnbull release a joint statement after their meeting in Melbourne saying that they are both “committed to invigorate the relationship to maximize the opportunities it presents and to enable it to meet today’s challenges.”

“Australia re-affirmed its commitment to Israel’s right to exist, as the nation-state of the Jewish people, in peace within secure borders, and its steadfast opposition to attempts to undermine Israel’s legitimacy. Israel thanked Australia for its consistent support in this regard,” the statement reads. “Both countries re-stated their support for a directly negotiated peace between Israel and the Palestinians. Australia affirmed its support for a two-state solution.”

Notably, the statement did not say that Israel affirmed support for the two-state solution.

Netanyahu is currently in the country for the first ever visit of an Israeli prime minister. He invited Prime Turnbull to visit Israel at the earliest opportunity.