Penny Wong

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'Immoral': Australia's demand to China (NEWS.com.au)

Foreign Minister Penny Wong will call on China to use its “no limits” partnership with Russia to help bring an end to the Kremlin's “illegal, ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin this week warned he was willing to use any military means necessary in the war with Ukraine and accused the West of what he called “nuclear blackmail”. “In this pursuit, the world looks to China, a great power, a Permanent Member of the Security Council, with a ‘no limits partnership’ with Russia,” Senator Wong told UN delegates in New York on Saturday morning (AEST). Foreign Minister Penny Wong has called on China to use its “no limits” partnership with Russia to help bring an end to the Kremlin’s “illegal, immoral” invasion of Ukraine.

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'Illegal, immoral': Australian foreign minister Penny Wong calls on ... (SBS)

Penny Wong says the world is looking to China to help end the war in Ukraine, as she addressed the United Nations General Assembly in New York.

It is a region I know well. It's the region I am from," said the Malaysian-born Ms Wong, who is Australia's first foreign-born foreign minister. Minister Wong also announced a doubling in foreign aid funding for Palestinian refugees through a doubling in aid to $20 million this financial year for the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees. She said the conflict in Ukraine served as a warning about the risk and cost of a potential conflict breaking out in the Indo-Pacific region. Senator Wong said Australia would also push for the UN Security Council to make room for other "small and medium-sized" countries from Africa, Latin America and Asia. "In this, the world looks to China, a great power, a permanent member of the Security Council with a no-limits partnership with Russia."

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