In a speech in London, Penny Wong calls on nations to examine how they use power and networks to avoid conflict
The Australian foreign affairs minister,
– essentially agreeing on some broad limits to prevent their increasing tensions from spiralling out of control. The minister said she had visited 24 Indo-Pacific countries in her first six months in office. She said the government was taking an approachand looking for common ground on issues including climate, infrastructure, food security and economic development.
Wong also argued that both Australia and the UK could increase their diplomatic influence by telling their modern multicultural stories. “It gives us the opportunity to find more common ground than if we stayed sheltered in narrower versions of our countries’ histories,” Wong said.
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