Penny Wong suggests in relation to Taiwan ‘unilateral aggressive changes to the status quo can never be justified’Ukraine crisis: live updates on Russian invasionGet our free news app; get our morning email briefingLabor’s shadow foreign affairs minister, Penny Wong, has said Russia’s invasion of Ukraine should not embolden China’s regional ambitions as she called for the “strongest possible sanctions” against Moscow by the Australian government.While declining to comment specifically on whether events in Europe increased the likelihood of China moving on Taiwan, Wong said no country should see Russia’s invasion as “any justification” for challenging the status quo in the region. Continue reading…
Penny Wong suggests in relation to Taiwan ‘unilateral aggressive changes to the status quo can never be justified’
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Labor’s shadow foreign affairs minister, Penny Wong, has said Russia’s invasion of Ukraine should not embolden China’s regional ambitions as she called for the “strongest possible sanctions” against Moscow by the Australian government.
While declining to comment specifically on whether events in Europe increased the likelihood of China moving on Taiwan, Wong said no country should see Russia’s invasion as “any justification” for challenging the status quo in the region.