Fed: Cheney to give major speech in Sydney

AAP General News (Australia)
02-12-2007
Fed: Cheney to give major speech in Sydney

CANBERRA, Feb 12 AAP - United States Vice-President Dick Cheney will give a major speech
on US foreign policy and the Australia-America alliance when he visits Sydney next week.

Mr Cheney will address the Australian American Leadership Dialogue at an invitation-only
event in the ballroom of Sydney's Shangri-La hotel on Friday (February 23).

His Australian trip comes after a brief visit to Japan, during which he plans to snub
Defence Minister Fumio Kyuma, who called the American-led Iraq war a "mistake".

Mr Cheney is to meet top officers in Japan's Self-Defence Forces but has asked Japan
not to schedule any talks with Mr Kyuma, Kyodo News agency reported today.

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