Japan’s outgoing ambassador, Shingo Yamagami, believes Australia needs to be part of one of the G7 as power and influence shifts to Asia.
Australia should become a permanent member of the G7 bloc of nations as the locus of economic and strategic power shifts to Asia, Japan’s outgoing and outspoken ambassador to Australia says., Shingo Yamagami agreed Australia had become Japan’s second most important defence partner, amid a rapidly deteriorating security environment.Alex Ellinghausen
“In the older times, there used to be a psychological dividing line between the South China Sea and the East China Sea. But now I would say irrespective of political positions, the overwhelming number of people involved in policymaking would agree that what is going to transpire in the East China Sea, especially across the Taiwan Strait, is a matter of serious concern to the national interest of Australia as well.
“So there are various attempts being made to challenge the status quo in this region through intimidation and coercion.”Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida invited Prime Minister Anthony Albanese along with leaders from India, Indonesia, South Korea, Vietnam, Brazil, the Cook Islands and Comoros toIt is the third time in four G7 meetings an Australian PM has taken part.
These champagne-drinking, wishy-washy diplomats conducting diplomacy behind the scenes, I think those days are long gone.“I would love to see Australia joining us at the G7. The gravity of the global community has been shifting to this region, the Indo-Pacific, and this region needs now to be better represented,” he said.
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