Climate and technology will be high on the agenda for a meeting in Washington between Joe Biden and Anthony Albanese.
The prime minister will travel to the US for an official visit between October 23 and October 26, Mr Albanese’s first official trip to Washington since taking office.
Mr Albanese said discussions with the US president would be productive and build on previous meetings between the pair.
“Our alliance with the United States has long been at the heart of our foreign policy,” he told parliament on Thursday.
“For generations now, we’ve worked together in service of our shared ideals as partners for peace, for security and stability in the Indo-Pacific, but in the wider world as well.”
The prime minister said action to tackle climate change and the AUKUS agreement would be among the topics discussed between the leaders, along with research and manufacturing.
Mr Albanese will also use the visit to reopen the Australian embassy in Washington, following renovations.
The White House said the visit would “underscore the deep and enduring alliance between the United States and Australia and the two nations’ shared commitment to supporting an open, stable and prosperous Indo-Pacific”.
The prime minister said Australia’s hosting of Exercise Malabar this weekend – which involves the US, Japanese and Indian military – was another example of defence co-operation in the region.
It is the first time the Royal Australian Navy has hosted the exercise.
Mr Biden was set to visit Australia for the Quad leaders’ summit earlier this year before domestic debt ceiling negotiations with Congress forced him to cancel his trip.
Mr Albanese travelled to San Diego in March to announce how Australia would acquire nuclear-propelled submarines under the trilateral AUKUS agreement alongside Mr Biden and UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak.
The White House is also set to host Pacific island leaders towards the end of the year as Washington moves to strengthen its standing in the region.
