The former Australian prime minister said it was hard to imagine “a more reckless and provocative act”.
Former prime minister Paul Keating has accused US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of inflaming tensions with Beijing and risking a military conflict by planning to visit Taiwan next month.
Keating said in a statement on Monday evening that it was hard to imagine “a more reckless and provocative act”. “If the situation is misjudged or mishandled, the outcome for the security, prosperity and order of the region and the world would be catastrophic.” Due to the sensitivity of travelling to Taiwan - which neither America nor Australia officially recognises diplomatically, no serving president, vice president or prime minister has visited the democratic island of 24 million people.Biden last week publicly rebuked Pelosi’s plans for the trip. “The military thinks it is not a good idea right now,” he said.Keating said a visit by Pelosi would be “unprecedented - foolish, dangerous and unnecessary to any cause other than her own”.
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