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Australia defence minister says conflict with China over Taiwan 'should not be discounted'

Published 04/25/2021, 01:31 PM
Updated 04/25/2021, 01:40 PM
© Reuters.

By Lidia Kelly
MELBOURNE, April 25 (Reuters) - Conflict with China over
Taiwan "should not be discounted," but Australia will work with
its allies in the region to try and maintain peace, Australian
Defence Minister Peter Dutton said on Sunday.
"I don't think it (conflict) should be discounted," Dutton
said in a television interview on the Australian Broadcasting
Corp (ABC) when asked whether the prospects of a conflict over
Taiwan are growing.
He added that China has been increasingly clear about its
reunification ambitions with Taiwan.
"People need to be realistic about the activity," Dutton
said. "There is militarisation of bases across the region.
Obviously, there is a significant amount of activity and there
is an animosity between Taiwan and China."
He added that while there is a high level of preparedness
for the Australian defence force to meet any threats in the
region against the country's allies, Canberra will work to try
to maintain peace.
"We want to make sure we continue to be a good neighbour in
the region, that we work with our partners and with our allies
and nobody wants to see conflict between China and Taiwan or
anywhere else," Dutton said.
Australia's diplomatic relations with China, its largest
trading partner, have worsened since Canberra called for an
international inquiry into the origins of the coronavirus which
was first reported in the Chinese city Wuhan, prompting trade
reprisals from Beijing.

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