As AUKUS members prepare to open talks with Japan on joining the pact, China warned against “provocative” destabilisation in the South China Sea.
Already a subscriber?China has lashed out at historic joint naval exercises involving Australian, Japanese, US and Philippines warships on the eve ofBeijing responded to Sunday’s quadrilateral exercises inside the Philippines’ exclusive economic zone by conducting its own South China Sea naval and air combat war games.
Chinese news agency Xinhua said the Philippines, supported by “external forces”, was fuelling tensions.“It is imperative to recognise that any activities disrupting the South China Sea situation and creating buzzes will undermine regional peace and stability,” the Xinhua editorial said. During a meeting of a delegation of Australian MPs with Taiwan’s outgoing President Tsai Ing-wen in Taipei on Monday, the deputy chairman of federal parliament’s intelligence committee, Andrew Wallace, referred to the joint exercises as he raised the sensitive topic of security co-operation, saying it was “paramount” between like-minded partners.
“So we want to make sure that we’re using the best technology available and using those partnerships with our alliance partners to uplift and improve Australia’s Pillar II capability,” he said.“The whole idea of the AUKUS agreement, when we negotiated that with the United States and the United Kingdom was that it could make us safer as a country in a very uncertain period,” said Mr Dutton, who was defence minister when AUKUS was announced in 2021.
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