SYDNEY Oct 23 Kyodo U President G...

SYDNEY Oct 23 Kyodo

U President George W Bush said Thursday that Australia and the United States must stand in front of the threat of nuclear weapons proliferation and restrain pressure on countries such as North Korea.

The sum of two units allies must be vigilant upon cargo shipments to stop the spread of nuclear or any other weapons, Bush told the Australian parliament.

Bush was speaking at a special joint sitting at Parliament House during a brief, 20-hour visit to Australia forward the last leg of a six-country trip in consequence of the Asia-Pacific region that also took him to Japan, the Philippines, Thailand, Singapore and Indonesia.

''The bad weapons, the wrong technology, in the improper hands, has never been thus great a danger -- and we are meeting that danger together,'' Bush said.

Australia and the U have a ''special responsibility'' from first to last the Pacific to maintain peace, make secure the free movement of capital and information, and advance democracy and freedom, he said.

Bush, who was boo by means of about 1,000 protesters on his arrival at parliament, thanked Australia for its contribution to the wars upon Iraq and Afghanistan and in past wars, including World War II, the Korean War and the Vietnam War.

''Australians are fair-minded and tolerant and easygoing. over and above in times of annoy and danger, Australians are the first to stair forward, to accept hard duties and to fight bravely until the fighting is done,'' he said.

Like Americans, who saw firsthand the imports of terrorism in the attacks tribe 11, 2001, Australians felt the impact of last year's Oct 12 Bali bombings, he said.

''The nature of the terrorist threat defines the strategy we are using to fight it,'' Bush said. ''These committed killers will not be stopped by the agency of negotiations. They will not rejoin to reason. The terrorists cannot be appeased -- they must be ground they must be fought and they must be defeated.''

Bush was interrupted twice according to Green Party leader Bob Brown and undecayed Party Sen. Kerry Nettle, who oppos Australia's 2000-troop dispatch to the war forward Iraq.

Bush's retort, ''I like free speech'' drew laughter and applause from the parliament. the couple Greens were ordered to leave the house on the other hand stood their ground.

Australia's assistance in the establishment of a novel government in East Timor and its intervention force restoring law and order in the Solomon Islands were also praised by dint of Bush.

''By your principled actions, Australia is leading the way to peace in Southeast Asia,'' he said.

The U values ''more than ever'' the friendship between the sum of two units peoples, he said. ''My rural parts is grateful to you, and to all the Australian folks for your clear vision and hardness of heart.''

Following his address, the president and his wife Laura were visitants at a barbeque hosted on Australian Prime Minister John Howard where they dined forward prawns, char-grilled beef fillet, lamb cutlet and the traditional Australian meringue dessert pavlova, the newspaper Australian reported.

Chinese President Hu Jintao, who is also in Australia, will address the federal parliament Friday.

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