Deputy Prime Minister Richard Marles says there is no timeframe or conditions on Anthony Albanese’s upcoming visit to China.
Deputy Prime Minister Richard Marles says there is no timeframe or conditions on Anthony Albanese’s upcoming visit to China, signalling the Australian government was managing expectations of trade sanction relief and the release of two detained Australians.
The federal opposition has called on the government to secure a guarantee that all $20 billion in trade sanctions on half a dozen industries will be lifted by Beijing before the prime minister travels. Opposition foreign affairs spokesman Simon Birmingham has also labelled the ongoing detention of Australians Cheng Lei and Yang Hengjun “unacceptable”.
“We are getting the hard power equations right in terms of the decisions that we have made in relation to AUKUS and nuclear-powered submarine capabilities, but the front line here has to be diplomacy and engaging with the countries of the region. I think that’s what Korea is seeking to do in a meeting of this kind.”
China has been pursuing development deals across the region, particularly in infrastructure, in exchange for closer diplomatic ties with Beijing. In April last year,Loading Bill Paterson, a former Australian ambassador to South Korea, said that faced with the strategic uncertainties in its immediate neighbourhood, Korea saw value in diversifying its production base away from the Korean peninsula.Australian Strategic Policy Institute.
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