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Marles on Australians caught in Sudan conflict
Asked about Australians caught in Sudan and the conflict there, Richard Marles says there are still options out of Port Sudan which is on the Red Sea, which is, I think it's about 800km out of Khartoum" to leave what is obviously a deteriorating situation":
There are ferries there and there may be other options coming out of that. I mean, the important thing is this - Australians in Sudan, and there do remain a number of Australians in Sudan, really need to make sure that they register.
We will continue to work with friends and allies and do everything that we can within our power to provide options for Australians who want to leave. Because we understand how difficult this situation is now.
Ultimately, our ambition is to establish a production line with companies in this country which would provide for the manufacture of those long-range strike missiles and doing as much of that as possible in the next couple of years. We hope that we can begin with the assembly of the strike missiles that go in the Himars system. But we want to build on that so that we're actually manufacturing the full suite of these weapons in Australia.
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