Anthony Albanese has made a surprise visit to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in a historic first trip, pledging to boost aid and impose sanctions on Russian gold and several oligarchs.
Anthony Albanese has met Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky face-to-face in a historic first trip by an Australian prime minister to the war-torn country, pledging to boost military aid to Kyiv and impose further sanctions on Russian gold and several oligarchs.
Albanese told his counterpart that Australia would continue to support the government and the people of Ukraine for “as long as it takes” for it to emerge victorious in defence of its sovereignty and homeland.“Because you are fighting for the international rule of law, you are fighting for international rules in which we conduct our activity to be respected and to occur in an orderly way,” Albanese said.“Enough is when we have some kind of advantage, to push them out of our territory,” he said.
Albanese did not announce the reopening of the Australian embassy in Kyiv, as expected, instead he said he was waiting on additional security advice. Britain, the United States, France and Canada all reopened their much larger missions in April and May. Tariffs will also be removed on all Ukrainian imports to Australia, while the government will support Ukraine’s International Court of Justice case against Russia.
“Clearly, civilian areas have been targeted by the Russian forces as part of this illegal and amoral war,” he said.
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