Penny Wong delivers Indian Ocean strategy speech, urges China to be more transparent amid military build-up
ABCThe foreign minister has used a high-profile speech laying out Australia's Indian Ocean's strategy to warn against political interference and economic coercion, urging China to be more open about its military build-up while declaring that countries in the region are facing "unprecedented" threats from climate change and strategic competition. When asked by Indian journalists if Australia would like other Indian Ocean nations to follow Sri Lanka's example with Chinese vessels, the foreign minister said those were "sovereign choices for those nations". Senator Wong also told the conference that nations with a stake in the Indian Ocean needed to "shape a regional identity" and a new "regional architecture" to help withstand these pressures. Dr Hall called Senator Wong's speech "a significant statement of concern, recognising mounting anxiety in India and the Indian Ocean about China's activities in the region".
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