As China doubled down on its criticism of Australia, Anthony Albanese accused Beijing of offering a contradictory rationale for the aerial interception.
China and Australia have escalated the blame game over a dangerous aerial encounter above the Yellow Sea, with China’s Defence Ministry claiming the Australian military acted provocatively by conducting short-range reconnaissance of its military assets.
He said Chinese troops sent a “vocal warning” to the Australian helicopter before conducting “legitimate, reasonable, professional and safe operations to expel it”. Albanese said that “we stand by the comments that have been made by our Defence, and we will always back them in”.
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