Australian PM lays flowers, pays tribute to Paris victims at Bataclan theatre

Australia's Prime Minister (PM) Malcolm Turnbull has paid tribute to the victims of this month's Paris terror attacks, arriving at the Bataclan theatre with New Zealand PM John Keys to send a powerful message of solidarity.

Bataclan theater is located at 50 Boulevard Voltaire in the 11th arrondissement of Paris, France.

"We are here -- the New Zealand PM and the Australian PM and our wives -- and we are here offering the people of France, the people of Paris, our most heartfelt condolences and our unflinching solidarity in the face of this terrorism," Turnbull said in a statement released in Canberra on Monday.

"We are all together. We are with France. We are with the people of Paris. We are with all people committed to freedom in this battle against terrorism, against violence, against violent extremism."

Turnbull, alongside Keys his, counterpart and long-time friend, laid down a floral wreath at the site.

Keys said that despite their distance from Europe, Australians and New Zealanders had been deeply moved by the tragedy.

"New Zealand and Australia are two countries that are almost the furthest away from France," Keys said on Monday in the joint statement.

"But at a time of such sadness and heartache for the people of France, we have never been closer together."

"We come at this time to pay our respects to those that lost their lives to their families and to show support and solidarity for the people of France."

The two trans-Tasman leaders are in Paris ahead of the two-week United Nations Climate Change Conference. Endit