Visit to Belgium, October 2018

Australian Minister for Foreign Affairs Senator Marise Payne and Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte meet in in the margins of the Asia-Europe Meeting in Brussels. Photo credit: DFAT/Frederic Guerdin.

Australian Minister for Foreign Affairs Senator Marise Payne is representing Australia at the Asia-Europe Meeting in Brussels. Photo credit: DFAT/Frederic Guerdin.

Australian Minister for Foreign Affairs Senator Marise Payne meets Bangladeshi Minister for Foreign Affairs Abdul Hassan Mahmood Ali at the Opening Ceremony of the Asia-Europe Meeting in Brussels. Photo credit: DFAT/Frederic Guerdin.

Australian Minister for Foreign Affairs Senator Marise Payne meets German Chancellor Angela Merkel in advance of the Asia-Europe Meeting in Brussels. Photo credit: DFAT/Frederic Guerdin.

Australian Minister for Foreign Affairs Senator Marise Payne in discussion with German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Bangladeshi Minister for Foreign Affairs Abdul Hassan Mahmood Ali at the Opening Ceremony of the Asia-Europe Meeting in Brussels. Photo credit: DFAT/Frederic Guerdin.

Australian Minister for Foreign Affairs Senator Marise Payne speaking with ASEAN Secretary General Lim Jock Hoi at the Opening Ceremony of the Asia-Europe Meeting in Brussels. Photo credit: DFAT/Frederic Guerdin.

Australian Minister for Foreign Affairs Senator Marise Payne meets Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz in advance of the Opening Ceremony of the Asia-Europe Meeting in Brussels. Photo credit: DFAT/Frederic Guerdin.

Australian Minister for Foreign Affairs Senator Marise Payne enters the Opening Ceremony of the Asia-Europe Meeting in Brussels with Australian Ambassador to the EU Justin Brown. Photo credit: DFAT/Frederic Guerdin.

Australian Minister for Foreign Affairs Senator Marise Payne meets United States Special Representative for DPRK Stephen Biegun on her first visit to Brussels as Foreign Minister. Photo credit: DFAT/Frederic Guerdin.

Australian Minister for Foreign Affairs Senator Marise Payne meets His Majesty Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah of Brunei in advance of the Opening Ceremony of the Asia-Europe Meeting in Brussels. Photo credit: DFAT/Frederic Guerdin.

Australian Minister for Foreign Affairs Senator Marise Payne at the Opening Ceremony of the Asia-Europe Meeting in Brussels. Photo credit: DFAT/Frederic Guerdin.

Australian Minister for Foreign Affairs Senator Marise Payne meets Malaysian Foreign Minister Dato' Saifuddin bin Abdullah in the margins of the Asia-Europe Meeting in Brussels. Photo credit: DFAT/Frederic Guerdin.

Australian Minister for Foreign Affairs Senator Marise Payne and Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte meet in the margins of the Asia-Europe Meeting in Brussels. Photo credit: DFAT/Frederic Guerdin.

Australian Minister for Foreign Affairs Senator Marise Payne meeting High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy at the Asia-Europe Meeting in Brussels. Photo credit: DFAT/Frederic Guerdin.

Australian Minister for Foreign Affairs Senator Marise Payne meeting High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy at the Asia-Europe Meeting in Brussels. Photo credit: DFAT/Frederic Guerdin.

Australian Minister for Foreign Affairs Senator Marise Payne talking with Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong while walking to the ASEM Summit Family Photo in Brussels. Photo credit: DFAT/Frederic Guerdin.

Australian Minister for Foreign Affairs Senator Marise Payne talking with Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong while walking to the ASEM Summit Family Photo in Brussels. Photo credit: DFAT/Frederic Guerdin.

Australian Minister for Foreign Affairs Senator Marise Payne speaking with United Kingdom Prime Minister Theresa May at the ASEM Summit Family Photo in Brussels. Photo credit: DFAT/Frederic Guerdin.

Australian Minister for Foreign Affairs Senator Marise Payne talking with European and Asian leaders at the ASEM Summit Family Photo in Brussels. Photo credit: DFAT/Frederic Guerdin.

Australian Minister for Foreign Affairs Senator Marise Payne meets Laos Minister of Foreign Affairs Saleumxay Kommasith At the ASEM Summit in Brussels. Photo credit: DFAT/Frederic Guerdin.

Australian Minister for Foreign Affairs Senator Marise Payne talking to His Majesty Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah of Brunei at the Asia-Europe Meeting in Brussels. Photo credit: DFAT/Frederic Guerdin.

Australian Minister for Foreign Affairs Senator Marise Payne with ASEAN Secretary-General Lim Jock Hoi at the Asia-Europe Meeting in Brussels. Photo credit: DFAT/Frederic Guerdin.

Australian Minister for Foreign Affairs Senator Marise Payne with ASEAN Secretary-General Lim Jock Hoi and Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz at the Asia-Europe Meeting in Brussels. Photo credit: DFAT/Frederic Guerdin.