The encounter has further strained efforts to stabilise relations with Beijing and comes as Australian officials prepare to host a visit by Chinese Premier Li Qiang.
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says the government has lodged complaints with China at multiple levels after a Chinese fighter jet dropped flares in front of an Australian Navy helicopter in international waters.
The encounter in the Yellow Sea on Saturday night has further strained efforts to stabilise relations with Beijing and comes as Australian officials prepare to host a visit by Chinese Premier Li Qiang next month. “We’ve made the appropriate diplomatic representations, as you’d expect. We regard this as unprofessional and that it is unacceptable and we’ve made clear, that view to Beijing, both through Beijing and also through Canberra,” Albanese told Nine’sAlbanese would not confirm if he had called Chinese President Xi Jinping to discuss the incident, but said he would raise the matter with Li directly when they meet in Australia next month.“We do have communications with China.
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