ASPI Washington DC Director Mark Watson says the Shangri-La Dialogue between Australia and China was a “very positive result” from the summit.
“Certainly Defence Minister Marles had a fantastic opportunity there to stake out Australia’s position,” he told Sky News Australia.
Mr Watson said normally, a conversation between two diplomats would be a means to an end, but here, it was a “pretty good result to have the discussion at all”.
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