Assistant Minister for Foreign Affairs Tim Watts has declared Australia would continue to speak out against China 'where the national interest calls for it'.
Mr Watts appeared on Sky News on Monday morning after the Chinese Foreign Ministry outlined four demands for Australia in the hopes the Albanese Government would"seize the opportunity" to repair the fractured partnership.
Assistant Minister for Foreign Affairs Tim Watts appeared on Sky News Australia on Monday morning. Picture: Supplied China released the action plan for Australia following Foreign Minister Penny Wong's meeting with Chinese counterpart Wang Yi in Bali last week.Stefanovic then pressed further posing:"So, they’ve sent four points; are they some of the points that you’ll send in return?"
"With Ms Cheng Lei, you know, she hasn’t had access to her family for 18 months now. She has two young children in Australia, and I think any parent in Australia or China can understand how painful that is. That’s something that we’ve made representations on bilaterally and publicly." Australian writer Dr Yang Hengjun also remains in detention in China on suspicion of spying. He was arrested at Guangzhou airport in January 2019."Well, as I say, it was a frank conversation where both sides of the meeting made their interests and priorities clear," he said.
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