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announced.Duckworth is a senior career officer with the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade and was most recently Assistant Secretary,
United States Trade Taskforce and Deputy Chief Negotiator, Australia-EU Free Trade Agreement.He has previously served overseas in Indonesia
and Cambodia.Making the announcement, Minister for Foreign Affairs Penny Wong said Sri Lanka is a key partner for Australia in the Northeast
Indian Ocean and the relationship between the two nations is based on strong community links, longstanding development partnership, growing
Lanka work closely together to find practical solutions to shared regional and global challenges, including transnational crime, regional
