National Unity Government Foreign Minister meets with Australian government in Canberra

In its biggest diplomatic visit in over one year, the National Unity Government (NUG) Ministry of Foreign Affairs stated that its Minister Zin Mar Aung met with Australia’s Foreign Minister Penny Wong at Parliament House in the capital Canberra, Australia, on Monday. The two discussed Myanmar’s crisis since the military coup on Feb. 1, 2021. 

“The discussion was frank, friendly, and productive, covering political developments in Myanmar, humanitarian needs, transnational organised crimes, and regional peace and stability,” stated Zin Mar Aung on her official social media account on Thursday. 

The NUG Ministry of Foreign Affairs added that Minister Zin Mar Aung outlined the roadmap toward an inclusive federal democratic union in Myanmar, highlighting the importance of rejecting the regime’s 2025-26 elections set to begin on Dec. 28 and continue into January 2026. 

Zin Mar Aung and Penny Wong had previously met on June 4, 2024, to discuss ways to provide humanitarian assistance and support for conflict-affected communities in Myanmar. Wong paid an official visit to the 16th Australia-India Foreign Ministers’ Framework Dialogue in New Delhi, India, on Nov. 20.

Zin Mar Aung attended the 151th general assembly of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU), an international organization of parliaments of sovereign states, in Geneva, Switzerland,