SYDNEY: Australia urged China to avoid "coercion" in the Pacific Islands and to be "more transparent in the aid" it provides on Wednesday (Aug 7), acknowledging a "state of permanent contest" between Beijing and the West.
Australia 's Pacific minister Pat Conroy gestures during the 10th Association of Southeast Asian Nations Defense Ministers' Meeting Plus in Jakarta, Indonesia on Nov 16, 2023.
Australia's Pacific minister Pat Conroy said new economic opportunities for Pacific Island nations should not be"accompanied by coercion and interference". "We want a region that is peaceful and stable," he said ahead of a Pacific Island summit in Tonga later this month. In the South Pacific, Canberra and Washington have been jolted into strengthening their ties with island nations since Beijing signed a
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