“Australia’s defense Minister Patti Konroy stated that his country would not allocate troops in advance to participate in any conflict. In this way, he responded to the report that the Pentagon demands from his ally to explain what role he will play if the US and China start the war for Taiwan.”, – WRITE: www.pravda.com.ua
Source: Reuters
Literally: According to him, Australia puts its sovereignty in the first place and “we do not discuss hypotheses.”
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Direct Konae Language: “The decision to participate in the Australian troops in the conflict will not be made in advance, but by the government of the day.”
Details: Financial Times reported on Saturday that Elbidge Kolby, the Deputy Defense Minister of Policy, pressed on Australian and Japanese defense officers about what they would do in the case of Taiwanese conflict, although the United States did not offer Taiwan protection.
Australia’s largest military exercises, which are attended by 30,000 servicemen from 19 countries, are opened on Sunday on Sunday on Sydney on Sunday.
The training will cover 6500 km from the Australian territory in the Indian Ocean, Christmas Island, to the Coral Sea on the east coast of Australia.
Conroy said that it was possible that the Chinese fleet would watch training to collect information as he did in the past.
Recall:
- The Ministry of Defense of Japan stated that “it is difficult to answer the hypothetical issue of” Taiwan’s emergency. “