Kevin Rudd has spoken for the first time in his role as Australia’s ambassador to the US, saying the declining relationship between Washington and Beijing presented a “really difficult” challenge for those seeking to avoid military conflict with China.
was forced to pay for spreading lies about the 2020 US election, other than to note that: “as a humble public servant, what I would say is that the American judicial processes have found their own natural conclusion”.
The former head of the Asia Society think tank also comes into the role at a critical time, with US-China relations at new lows over everything from trade and Taiwan, to the origins of COVID-19 and the Chinese spy balloon scandal. “If you look day to day, week to week in the South China Sea, the Taiwan Strait, the East China Sea, what are we all worried about? We’re worried about the possibility of crisis and conflict arising accidentally through collision of aircraft; collision of vessels.“So under those circumstances, it’s incumbent on all of us to work with our friends in DC and our friends in Beijing on building... strategic guardrails to reduce the risk of crisis, conflict and war by accident.
Biden is expected to visit Australia for the first time as president in May for a Quad leaders meeting.
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