Scott Morrison says Donald Trump gave 'warm reception' to AUKUS pact at Trump Tower meeting

1 week, 4 days ago

Polish Prime Minister Finds 'Quite' An Excuse To Clown Trump During Macron Meeting

LOADING ERROR LOADING Poland’s Prime Minister Donald Tusk made a not-so-subtle jab at Donald Trump on Thursday over the president-elect’s history of awkward handshakes with France’s Emmanuel Macron. The French president traveled to Warsaw to meet with Tusk and discuss his recent talks with Trump and Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelenskyy held last week ahead of the Notre Dame Cathedral reopening ceremony. …

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3 weeks, 4 days ago

Justin Trudeau visits Trump at Mar-a-Lago

Politico

“Ultimately, it is through lots of constructive, real conversations with President Trump that I’m going to have that will keep us moving forward on the right track for all Canadians,” he said Friday, although he did not indicate a meeting was imminent. Dining alongside Trudeau, Trump and LeBlanc at a table in Mar-a-Lago were: Katie Telford, Trudeau’s chief of staff; …

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3 weeks, 5 days ago

After Trump-Musk bromance, Mark Zuckerberg ‘grateful’ for Mar-a-Lago invitation

Hindustan Times

Giant tech players are emerging as noticeable supporters of the incoming Donald Trump 2.0 administration. In 2019, US President Trump late Thursday posted a picture on Facebook and Twitter showing him shaking hands with Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, but didn’t share details of their conversation. Mark Zuckerberg's team confirms Donald Trump meet-up “It’s an important time for the future of …

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1 month ago

NATO head and Trump meet in Florida for talks on global security

LA Times

Then-President Trump met with then-Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte in the Oval Office five years ago. President-elect Donald Trump and the head of NATO have met for talks on global security, the military alliance said Saturday. In a brief statement, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization said Trump and its secretary general, Mark Rutte, met Friday in Palm Beach, Fla. “They …

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1 month ago

NATO head and Trump meet in Florida for talks on global security

NPR

NATO head and Trump meet in Florida for talks on global security toggle caption Alex Brandon/AP BRUSSELS — U.S. President-elect Donald Trump and the head of NATO have met for talks on global security, the military alliance said Saturday. In a brief statement, NATO said Trump and its secretary general, Mark Rutte, met on Friday in Palm Beach, Florida. "They …

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1 month ago

Kevin Rudd insists he is 'ready' to work with Donald Trump, despite previous criticisms

ABC

Australia's ambassador to the US Kevin Rudd has declared that his team is "ready" to deal with the incoming Trump administration, telling a conference in Sydney he's been working hard to prepare for the president-elect's return to the White House. Mr Rudd's remarks to a United States Studies Centre's forum are his first substantial public remarks since the controversy over …

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1 month, 2 weeks ago

Trump supporters revel in victory

ABC

Rachel Mealey: But across the United States, celebration and commiseration continues among voters while Donald Trump and his allies prepare to take power. Alison Xiao: Across America, celebrations have continued the day after Donald Trump's victory. Alison Xiao: President-elect Donald Trump hasn't spoken since his speech last night, in which he claimed victory. Alison Xiao: Australia's Prime Minister Anthony Albanese …

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1 month, 2 weeks ago

Trump speaks to Macron before Starmer

The Telegraph

Emmanuel Macron beat Sir Keir Starmer in the race to talk to Donald Trump, the US president-elect. Mr Macron, the French president, held a congratulatory phone call with Mr Trump before 6pm UK time on Wednesday, roughly two hours before Sir Keir’s conversation. The Prime Minister was also behind Benjamin Netanyahu, the Israeli prime minister, who has a close relationship …

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1 month, 2 weeks ago

Australia’s ambassador in Washington deletes old posts calling ‘destructive’ Trump a ‘traitor’

The Telegraph

Australia’s ambassador to the US has deleted comments he had previously made online about Donald Trump, criticising him as “destructive” and a “traitor to the West”. Dr Rudd, who scrubbed his social media days before Mr Trump’s election victory, wanted to “eliminate the possibility of such comments being misconstrued,” his office said. Anthony Albanese, Australia’s prime minister, said it was …

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3 months, 1 week ago

'This needs to be noticed': Former GOP strategist flags alarming Trump debate comment

Raw Story

A former Republican political strategist Wednesday urged an investigation into a less-reported remark former President Donald Trump made during a tumultuous debate against Vice President Kamala Harris. Trygve Olson, a senior adviser for the never-Trump conservative group Lincoln Project, raised concerns after Trump told Americans Tuesday night that he'd seen a controversial figure since leaving the White House: Russian President …

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4 months, 4 weeks ago

North Korea snubs Donald Trump for saying Kim Jong-un misses him: ‘We don’t care’

The Independent

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy North Korea delivered a stinging …

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7 months, 1 week ago

Trump is increasingly directing personal attacks against independent rival Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

Associated Press

COLUMBIA, S.C. — Donald Trump is known for leveling constant and often personal attacks on top rivals such as Joe Biden. “I love hearing from him.” But Hanson, a Trump supporter, said she worried that the novelty appeal of voting for Kennedy could detract from Trump’s support. Kennedy levied some criticism on Trump, saying the attack on the Capitol happened …

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8 months ago

Poland’s president becomes the latest leader to visit Donald Trump as allies eye a possible return

Associated Press

NEW YORK — Former President Donald Trump met Wednesday in New York with Polish President Andrzej Duda, the latest in a series of meetings with foreign leaders as Europe braces for the possibility of a second Trump term. “We’re behind Poland all the way.” Following the almost 2 1/2 hour meeting, Duda said only that it was a “friendly meeting …

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8 months, 2 weeks ago

David Cameron holds talks with Donald Trump in Mar-a-Lago surprise meeting

The Independent

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10 months, 1 week ago

Trump threatens to 'encourage' attack of NATO members behind on payments

The Hindu

White House hopeful Donald Trump said on Saturday he would "encourage" Russia to attack members of NATO who had not met their financial obligations, his most extreme broadside against the military alliance he has long expressed scepticism about. Mr. Trump's remark comes after Senate Republicans on Wednesday rejected a bipartisan bill that would have included sorely needed new funding for …

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11 months ago

Ex-Australian PM Scott Morrison joins American Global Strategies led by former US President Trump's NSA

Op India

Former Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison is set to join a consulting firm headed by former US President Donald Trump’s national security adviser. In a statement, Robert O’Brien, who served as Donald Trump’s hostage affairs envoy and then top national security advisor said, “Prime Minister Scott Morrison is widely regarded as one of the most consequential world leaders of the …

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1 year, 2 months ago

Russian foreign minister offers security talks with North Korea, China as he visits Pyongyang

The Hindu

Russia's Foreign Minister proposed regular security talks with North Korea and China to deal with what he described as increasing U.S.-led regional military threats, as he met North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and his top diplomat on October 19 during a visit to Pyongyang. “The United States, Japan and South Korea intensifying military activity here and Washington working toward …

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1 year, 3 months ago

Why AUKUS Divides Australia's Labor Party

The Diplomat

In mid-August Australia’s Labor Party held their national conference. Since inheriting the agreement between Australia, the United Kingdom, and the United States from the previous Liberal and National coalition government, Labor has proceeded with fleshing out the substance and details of AUKUS, with its senior leadership enthusiastically embracing the deal. In recent years two prominent figures within the Labor Party …

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1 year, 9 months ago

AUKUS is Australia's message to China that the Western alliance is strong. Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin aren't buying it

ABC

The meeting between Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin proves the end of the so-called rules-based order. Xi Jinping's plans for his Putin visit Photo shows Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin walk down a hallway in the Kremlin. Writing in the New Statesman this week, Ricketts says the war "trashed the US and UK's reputation for using military power judiciously and …

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1 year, 9 months ago

AUKUS not a challenge to ‘anybody’: Joe Biden

Live Mint

US President Joe Biden has dismissed China's concerns about the AUKUS trilateral security pact as he met Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese. The submarines won't carry nuclear weapons, but the pact has been strongly criticised by China, which has accused the members of having a "Cold War mentality." US President Joe Biden called the moment "an inflection point in history" …

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1 year, 11 months ago

Biden praises ‘remarkable moment’ for alliance in meeting with Japan’s Kishida

LA Times

President Biden shakes hands with Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida as they meet in the Oval Office of the White House on Friday in Washington. President Biden welcomed Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida to the White House on Friday, hailing the meeting as a “remarkable moment” for the alliance as Tokyo moves toward a historic military buildup in the region. …

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1 year, 11 months ago

US politicians express strong support for AUKUS submarine deal in letter to President Joe Biden

ABC

A bipartisan group of United States politicians have publicly thrown their weight behind the AUKUS pact after two powerful US Senators warned that selling Virginia-class nuclear submarines to Australia could stretch the US industrial base to "breaking point." Key points: The politicians say they are committed to providing Australia with submarine capabilities US Senator Jack Reed says he is "proud …

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2 years ago

Trump’s own ambassador to Israel condemns him for dining with 'human scum'

Raw Story

Donald Trump's ambassador to Israel on Friday condemned his meeting with two men notorious for spreading anti-Semitism in America. On Friday, Trump released a third statement on the dinner he had with white supremacist leader Nick Fuentes and rapper Kayne West, who legally changed his name to Ye. "To my friend Donald Trump, you are better than this," claimed Friedman, …

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2 years ago

Jordan Peterson reveals what he REALLY thought of ex-PM Scott Morrison

Daily Mail

Controversial Canadian psychologist Jordan Peterson struggled to muster a response when asked to revealed his thoughts on ex-prime minister Scott Morrison after the pair met in Canberra. Both men later posted photos of their meeting on social media before Dr Peterson was doorstopped at an airport to ask what he thought of Mr Morrison after their meeting. Mr Morrison was …

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2 years, 4 months ago

Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago was a 'nightmare' environment for housing classified documents, experts say

ABC

The seizure of classified US government documents from Donald Trump's sprawling Mar-a-Lago retreat spotlights the ongoing national security concerns presented by the former president and the home he dubbed the Winter White House. Key points: The 58-bedroom mansion estate in Florida was used by Donald Trump to host international leaders and entertain members Highly classified documents retained in improper storage …

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2 years, 11 months ago

Nuclear submarines and closer interaction with British military to dominate Australian talks with UK

ABC

Closer military cooperation and possible basing of British defence assets in Australia will be discussed when ministers from both nations hold long-awaited face-to-face talks in Sydney this week. Key points: British and Australian ministers will discuss the nuclear submarine deal and emerging security threats This will be the countries' first in-person AUKMIN meeting since before the pandemic Scott Morrison will …

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2 years, 11 months ago

Australia, Japan to sign ‘historic’ defense, security pact

Associated Press

SYDNEY — Australia and Japan will sign a treaty on Thursday to increase defense and security cooperation in a move that has been hailed as “historic” but which might anger China. Prime ministers Scott Morrison of Australia and Fumio Kishida of Japan will meet in a virtual summit to sign the agreement, which Morrison said “will underpin greater and more …

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3 years, 1 month ago

The truth is hard to find in Scott Morrison's standoff with Emmanuel Macron over subs and AUKUS

ABC

It's hard to remember a prime ministerial trip abroad running off the rails quite so spectacularly. He had finally received a call from French President Emmanuel Macron and assured the public the worst of France's fury over the cancelled submarine contract had passed. We don't know exactly what was said on the call, but Scott Morrison's take was that they …

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3 years, 1 month ago

French ambassador says leaking of text messages between Scott Morrison and Emmanuel Macron 'unprecedented new low'

ABC

The French ambassador has described the leaking of text messages between Prime Minister Scott Morrison and French President Emmanuel Macron in the lead up to a major submarine announcement "an unprecedented new low". Key points: A text from Emmanuel Macron in the days before the submarine announced was leaked to a Sydney newspaper Jean-Pierre Thebault says the leaks send a …

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3 years, 1 month ago

Morrison Cites Leaked Messages to Prove Macron's Concerns About Submarine Deal

The Quint

Media sources in Australia leaked messages related to the cancelled submarine deal between Emmanuel Macron, the president of France and Scott Morrison, the prime minister of Australia on Tuesday, 1 November, Reuters reported. According to the leaks, when the Australian PM tried to initiate a call with Macron about the contract on 14 September, only two days before AUKUS was …

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3 years, 1 month ago

AUKUS row: Macron says Australian PM lied about submarine deal

Al Jazeera

French President Emmanuel Macron has accused Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison of lying to him while negotiating a submarine deal with Washington and London that sidelined Paris. Macron’s allegation on Sunday came as the two leaders attended the G20 summit in Rome, their first meeting since Australia scrapped a multibillion-dollar deal with France for conventional submarines in September. I just …

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3 years, 1 month ago

French, Australian leaders have 1st talk since sub fallout

Associated Press

PARIS — French President Emmanuel Macron told Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison during their first conversation since Australia pulled out of a multibillion-dollar submarine deal that it is up to Morrison’s government to repair the damaged relationship between their countries, France’s presidency said Thursday. “President Macron recalled that Australia’s unilateral decision to scale back the French-Australian strategic partnership by putting …

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3 years, 1 month ago

Scott Morrison speaks with French president for first time since dumping $90billion submarine deal

Daily Mail

Scott Morrison has spoken with French President Emmanuel Macron for the first time since Australia controversially scrapped a $90billion submarine supply deal with its European ally. The two have met for the first time since Australia controversially scrapped a $90billion submarine supply deal with its European ally 'The situation of the French businesses and their subcontractors, including Australian companies, affected …

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3 years, 1 month ago

Australia makes new strategic pact with South-East Asian nations at ASEAN summit

ABC

Australia and the Association of South-East Asian Nations have agreed to establish a "comprehensive strategic partnership" as the federal government intensifies efforts to expand its influence in the region. Key points: Concrete details about the partnership are yet to be announced PM says AUKUS nuclear submarine deal will not be a threat to the region Indonesian President Joko Widodo said …

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3 years, 2 months ago

Behind the scenes of Donald Trump's very strange White House meeting with Vietnam's prime minister

Salon

Excerpted from " Nothing Is Impossible: America's Reconciliation with Vietnam " by Ambassador Ted Osius, to be published by Rutgers University Press on October 15, 2021. President Trump then instructed Lighthizer to "bring the U.S. trade deficit with Vietnam to zero in four years." We waited while President Trump and Prime Minister Phúc met in the Oval Office "one-on-one"— with …

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3 years, 2 months ago

AUKUS challenge to multilateral EU, ASEAN approaches

New Indian Express

While the announcement came as a surprise, the move is not a totally new revelation as this kind of formulation could well be anticipated in the foreign policy manoeuvrings of the three states. For the UK, its post-Brexit foreign policy was one that was aimed at promoting the vision of a Global Britain, a role in which it saw itself …

Policy

3 years, 2 months ago

Scott Morrison juggles COVID, climate change, Glasgow — and his own political allies

ABC

If Scott Morrison doesn't go to the Glasgow climate conference, "his absence will send a pretty strong message about his priorities", Malcolm Turnbull said during his general excoriation of the Prime Minister this week. Australia's relations with France Photo shows French President Emmanuel Macron puts his hand on the shoulder of Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison The French government responded …

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3 years, 2 months ago

Scott Morrison promotes allies in reshuffle following Christian Porter's resignation

ABC

Prime Minister Scott Morrison has promoted two of his closest political allies in a Cabinet reshuffle triggered by the resignation of Christian Porter. Key points: Scott Morrison has reshuffled his frontbench for the fourth time in a year Immigration Minister Alex Hawke joins Cabinet, with Christian Porter's old roles divided between Angus Taylor and Melissa Price WA Liberal MP and …

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3 years, 2 months ago

Ben Fordham slams Malcolm Turnbull following speech on AUKUS submarine deal

Daily Mail

Ben Fordham has savaged Malcolm Turnbull in a blistering rant after the former Prime Minister criticised Scott Morrison's submarine deal with the US and UK. Fordham accused Mr Turnbull of 'deliberately acting against' Australia's national interest by phoning President Macron Malcolm Turnbull's grievances on subs No cost or timeframe for nuclear boats Unclear how Australia will maintain subs given it …

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3 years, 2 months ago

China's foreign minister says AUKUS deal is a danger to regional stability

ABC

China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi says the AUKUS security pact between the United States, Britain and Australia brings hidden danger to regional peace, stability and the international order. Key points: China's foreign ministry spokesperson also questioned whether Australia cared about improving relations Its UK ambassador says no one can stop China's progress and called for a rejection of 'colonial mentality' …

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3 years, 2 months ago

Scott Morrison meets with Quad leaders as Australia gets serious about tempering China's strength

ABC

Prime Minister Scott Morrison has joined allies in the US Capitol for high-level diplomatic talks, sending a strong signal to China about its efforts to wield power in the Indo-Pacific region. Following the meeting — coming after Australia’s shock foray into nuclear-powered submarines last week — the Prime Minister said he had received bi-partisan support from US Congress and from …

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3 years, 3 months ago

US President Joe Biden meets with 'that fellow Down Under' Scott Morrison after UN assembly

ABC

Prime Minister Scott Morrison has again defended the decision to scrap a $90 billion submarine deal with France, arguing that he made it clear to the French its technology no longer met Australia’s needs and he acted in the national interest to pursue superior technology. Key points: Mr Biden focused on his priority to rebuild alliances abroad during his first …

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3 years, 3 months ago

AUKUS | France recalls Ambassadors to U.S., Australia over submarine deal

The Hindu

France said late on September 17 it was immediately recalling its Ambassadors to the U.S. and Australia after Australia scrapped a big French conventional submarine purchase in favour of nuclear subs built with U.S. technology. He said Wednesday’s announcement of Australia’s submarine deal with the U.S. is “unacceptable behaviour between allies and partners”. Mr. Macron has not commented on the …

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3 years, 3 months ago

Australian PM rejects Chinese criticism of nuclear sub deal

Associated Press

CANBERRA, Australia — Prime Minister Scott Morrison on Friday rejected Chinese criticism of Australia’s new nuclear submarine alliance with the United States and said he doesn’t mind that President Joe Biden might have forgotten his name. “Everything we’ve done with the United States is consistent with the partnerships and relationships and alliances we’ve already had with the United States,” Morrison …

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3 years, 3 months ago

India shares challenges that prompted us to join AUKUS: Australian envoy

Hindustan Times

India shares the “challenging strategic environment” that prompted Australia’s move to forge a security alliance with the US and the UK, including territorial tensions across the Indo-Pacific and China’s massive military modernisation programme, Australian high commissioner Barry O’Farrell said on Friday. Explaining the rationale behind the creation of AUKUS, O’Farrell said: “The decision reflects a much more challenging strategic environment, …

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3 years, 3 months ago

AUKUS alliance with Australia and Britain, not against any country, says White House

Firstpost

China had sharply criticised the trilateral pact, saying such a grouping would undermine regional stability The new trilateral security alliance AUKUS is not about any one country but aimed at advancing the strategic interests of the United States, Britain and Australia and upholding the international rules-based order while promoting peace and stability in the Indo-Pacific, the White House has said. …

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3 years, 3 months ago

Australian PM rejects Chinese criticism of nuclear sub deal

The Hindu

Prime Minister Scott Morrison on Friday rejected Chinese criticism of Australia's new nuclear submarine alliance with the United States and said he doesn't mind that President Joe Biden might have forgotten his name. “Everything we've done with the United States is consistent with the partnerships and relationships and alliances we've already had with the United States,” Mr. Morrison told Radio …

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3 years, 3 months ago

US, UK, Australia launch new trilateral Indo-Pacific alliance to counter China

India TV News

The US, Britain and Australia have announced a new trilateral security alliance for the Indo-Pacific to take on the threats of the 21st century and allow for greater sharing of defence capabilities, including help Australia acquire nuclear-powered submarines, in a bid to counter China's growing power in the strategically vital region. Under the first major initiative of AUKUS, Australia would …

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3 years, 3 months ago

AUKUS deal: Australia’s decades-long balancing act between the US and China is over

CNN

CNN — For more than 20 years, Australia tried to maintain good relations with both the United States and China. On Thursday, China reacted angrily to the new security deal with Foreign Ministry spokesperson Zhao Lijan saying the blame for deteriorating relations “rests entirely with the Australian side.” Yun Jiang, editor of the China Neican newsletter and researcher at the …

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Scott Morrison says Donald Trump gave 'warm reception' to AUKUS pact at Trump Tower meeting

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