SINGAPORE — All countries should do 'everything we can do' to support the building of 'guardrails' in the relationship between the United States and China, as the consequences of a conflict will not be confined to these big powers, said Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese.
SINGAPORE — All countries should do"everything we can do" to support the building of"guardrails" in the relationship between the United States and China, as the consequences of a conflict will not be confined to these big powers, said Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese.
"This is about a policy of containment... It's not a question of placing obstacles in the way of any nation's progress or their potential," he said."This is a matter of simple practical structures to prevent a worst case scenario." Mr Albanese added:"If you don't have the pressure valve of dialogue, if you don't have the capacity, at a decision making level, to pick up the phone to seek some clarity or provide some context, then there is always a much greater risk of assumptions spilling over into irretrievable action and reaction.
This should apply not just for the biggest powers or loudest voices, but for every nation, said Mr Albanese. The Treaty of Rarotonga is the common name for the South Pacific Nuclear Free Zone Treaty, which formalises a nuclear-weapon-free zone in the South Pacific. Mr Albanese said that the ultimate goal of both pacts is in making the Indo-Pacific region a stable and peaceful one.
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