World News | The Indo-Pacific is ‘reshaping’: Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong

Canberra, October 10 (PTI) Australia’s Foreign Minister Penny Wong said on Monday that India and Australia have recognised that the strategic Indo-Pacific region is being “reshaped” economically and strategically, stressing that the partnership with India is “critical” Part” has shaped the region in China’s aggressive stance.

Wong told a news conference on Monday with Foreign Minister S Jaishankar, who arrived in Canberra from New Zealand.

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“Australia and India are comprehensive strategic partners. We are quad partners. We work together in many other ways, and most fundamentally, we share one region, the Indo-Pacific, and between our countries, we span the Indo-Pacific, “She said after the 13th Foreign Ministers’ Framework Dialogue between the two foreign ministers.

The Quartet or Quad Security Dialogue includes India, the United States, Japan and Australia.

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“We have deep connections and expertise in our field. We have common interests, we have a common ambition that our region is stable, prosperous and respectful of sovereignty, and countries don’t need to choose sides, but themselves Choose sides.” Sovereign choice. We don’t want to see any one country dominating or any country being dominated,” she added.

India, the United States and several other world powers have been talking about the need to ensure a free, open and prosperous Indo-Pacific against the backdrop of China’s intensified military operations in the region.

Although Taiwan, the Philippines, Brunei, Malaysia and Vietnam all claim parts of the disputed South China Sea, China has sovereignty over almost all of the disputed South China Sea. Beijing has built artificial islands and military installations in the South China Sea.

She added: “We all recognize that our region is reshaping economically and strategically. I think our partnership shows that we understand that this time of change is best dealt with together.”

“We can only build and sustain the regions we want by working with others, including India and Australia, and this partnership is a key part of shaping the regions we want.”

Jashankar received a “Tiranga welcome” in Canberra after his first visit to New Zealand.

“Arrived in Canberra and welcomed by Tiranga. Great to see Australia’s Old Parliament House in our national colours,” he tweeted. This is his second visit to Australia. The first visit was in February 2022. PTI

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