Anthony Albanese will use his invitation to a gathering of world leaders to remind them that Russia’s war in Ukraine has consequences far beyond Europe and a direct impact on security within the Indo-Pacific.
with more than 30,000 service members from 12 other nations, as Berlin increases its focus on the Indo-Pacific amid rising tensions with China in the region.
It marks a significant deepening of Germany’s security engagement in the Indo-Pacific, even as NATO wrestles with whether and how to expand its interests in the region. Late on Monday evening , NATO announced Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan agreed to support Sweden’s membership of the military alliance has said, paving the way for the Nordic country to join the 31-member bloc after more than a year of opposition from Ankara.
Erdoğan’s decision to lift his veto, after a last-ditch meeting with the leaders of Sweden and NATO on Monday evening, came after the Turkish president linked his support for Stockholm’s accession to Turkey’s long-stalled EU bid. The lifting of Erdoğan’s veto opens the way for Turkey’s parliament to approve Sweden’s entry into the US-led military alliance, a step seen as critical to increasing the defence of Eastern Europe in response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
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