Visit to Germany, September 2016

Foreign Minister Julie Bishop with the German Foreign Minister, Mr Frank Walter Steinmeier, at the official military welcome ceremony for the 2+2 consultations in Berlin, 6 Sept.

Foreign Minister Julie Bishop with the German Foreign Minister, Mr Frank Walter Steinmeier, at the official military welcome ceremony for the 2+2 consultations in Berlin, 6 Sept.

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Foreign Minister Julie Bishop with the German Foreign Minister, Mr Frank Walter Steinmeier, at the official military welcome ceremony for the 2+2 consultations in Berlin, 6 Sept.

Foreign Minister Julie Bishop with the German Foreign Minister, Mr Frank Walter Steinmeier, at the official military welcome ceremony for the 2+2 consultations in Berlin, 6 Sept.

Photo credit: Michael Gottschalk/Photothek

Foreign Minister Julie Bishop with Defence Minister Marise Payne, German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier and German Defence Minister Ursula von der Leyen at the official military welcome ceremony in Berlin, 6 September.

Foreign Minister Julie Bishop with Defence Minister Marise Payne, German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier and German Defence Minister Ursula von der Leyen at the official military welcome ceremony in Berlin, 6 September.

Photo credit: Michael Gottschalk/Photothek

Foreign Minister Julie Bishop with Defence Minister Marise Payne, German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier and German Defence Minister Ursula von der Leyen in the garden of the Guest House of the German Foreign Office, the Villa Borsig, in Berlin,

Foreign Minister Julie Bishop with Defence Minister Marise Payne, German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier and German Defence Minister Ursula von der Leyen in the garden of the Guest House of the German Foreign Office, the Villa Borsig, in Berlin, 6 September, in a break of the 2+2 consultations.

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Foreign Minister Julie Bishop with Defence Minister Marise Payne, German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier and German Defence Minister Ursula von der Leyen outside the Guest House of the German Foreign Office, the Villa Borsig, in Berlin, 6 Septemb

Foreign Minister Julie Bishop with Defence Minister Marise Payne, German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier and German Defence Minister Ursula von der Leyen outside the Guest House of the German Foreign Office, the Villa Borsig, in Berlin, 6 September, for the 2+2 family photo.

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Foreign Minister Julie Bishop with German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier, German Defence Minister Ursula von der Leyen and Defence Minister Marise Payne at the joint 2+2 media conference, Berlin, 6 September.

Foreign Minister Julie Bishop with German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier, German Defence Minister Ursula von der Leyen and Defence Minister Marise Payne at the joint 2+2 media conference, Berlin, 6 September.

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Foreign Minister Julie Bishop speaking with Mr Timo Prekop, Managing Director and Member of the Board, German-Asia-Pacific Business Association, at a reception marking the announcement of the Australia now 2017 in German program, at the Australian Embassy

Foreign Minister Julie Bishop speaking with Mr Timo Prekop, Managing Director and Member of the Board, German-Asia-Pacific Business Association, at a reception marking the announcement of the Australia now 2017 in German program, at the Australian Embassy Berlin, 6 September.

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Foreign Minister Julie Bishop being welcomed by German State Secretary and Co-ordinator for the Federal Intelligence Services, Klaus-Dieter Fritsche, at the German Chancellery, Berlin, 7 September.

Foreign Minister Julie Bishop being welcomed by German State Secretary and Co-ordinator for the Federal Intelligence Services, Klaus-Dieter Fritsche, at the German Chancellery, Berlin, 7 September.

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Foreign Minister Julie Bishop with German Federal Interior Minister Thomas de Maizière.

Foreign Minister Julie Bishop with German Federal Interior Minister Thomas de Maizière.

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Foreign Minister Julie Bishop being welcomed by Dr Gerhard Wahlers, Deputy Secretary-General of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, with German MPs Mr Volkmar Klein (second from right) and Mr Mark Hauptmann (right) looking on.

Foreign Minister Julie Bishop being welcomed by Dr Gerhard Wahlers, Deputy Secretary-General of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, with German MPs Mr Volkmar Klein (second from right) and Mr Mark Hauptmann (right) looking on.

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