MELBOURNE, January 5
Australia and Japan are set to sign a treaty to beef up defence and security cooperation at a virtual summit on Thursday, in the latest move to strengthen ties amid China’s rising military power and economic clout in the Indo-Pacific region.
Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison said the two leaders would sign Reciprocal Access Agreement, which will for the first time set out a framework for the two countries’ defence forces to cooperate with each other. “This treaty will be a statement of our two nations’ commitment to work together in meeting the shared strategic security challenges we face and to contribute to a secure and stable Indo-Pacific,” Morrison said in a statement on Wednesday.
The strengthened security ties expand on efforts by the US, Japan, India and Australia — dubbed the Quad — to work on shared concerns about China. — Reuters
Pacts should foster trust, peace: China
Reacting to the development, China said bilateral treaties should promote regional trust, peace and stability. “It should not target or harm any third party interests,” said China’s foreign ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin.
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