Australia and Japan Join Forces to Hold Beijing Accountable for Its Economic Bullying
Australia and Japan will join forces to oppose Beijing’s economic bullying as both countries continue to lose patience with China’s aggressive international behaviour.
In a statement following a joint virtual meeting on Wednesday, Australia and Japan’s foreign ministers, Marise Payne and Motegi Toshimitsu, and defence ministers, Kishi Nobuo and Peter Dutton, announced that both countries “would commit to opposing coercion and destabilising behaviour by economic means, which undermines the rules-based international system.”
Japan and Australia’s have become increasingly concerned over China’s behaviour as both countries have been on the receiving end of Beijing’s belligerent push to become a global power.
Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison said that Canberra and Wellington policies with regard to China wont divide the neighbouring countries as they stood
China won t stand between Australia, New Zealand, say leaders ANI | Updated: May 31, 2021 15:18 IST
Canberra [Australia], May 31 (ANI): Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison said that Canberra and Wellington policies with regard to China won t divide the neighbouring countries as they stood resolutely together on shared values and principles.
As Morrison and New Zealand counterpart Jacinda Ardern used their first face-to-face meeting in 15 months to play down signs of division over China, Morrison said those who wished to split Canberra and Wellington over their policy towards Beijing would not succeed, reported South China Morning Post (SCMP). We will continue to work together in that way, and I have no doubt there will be those who seek to undermine Australia and New Zealand s security by seeking to create points of difference, which are not there, he said.