The Prime Minister of Australia will not participate in the NATO summit
According to Webangah News quoted by Mehr News Agency Citing Sputnik, the “Sydney Morning Herald” newspaper reported on Tuesday, quoting knowledgeable sources, that Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has decided to skip the upcoming NATO meeting in Washington. comment and send a delegation headed by Richard Marles, Minister of Defense to this country.
According to Mehr news agency, citing Sputnik, “Sydney Morning Herald” newspaper reported on Tuesday, quoting informed sources, that Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has decided to skip the upcoming NATO meeting in Washington and a delegation headed by “Richard Marles”, the Minister of Defense of Australia, will attend this meeting.
The decision was reportedly taken after Albania did not receive approval for a bilateral meeting with US President Joe Biden ahead of the summit. This newspaper reported that the prime minister’s office advised him not to attend the meeting to avoid controversy.
At first, the Albanians were supposed to meet and discuss with their counterparts from Japan, South Korea and New Zealand in the framework of the “Indo-Pacific Quadrilateral Meeting” on the sidelines of this summit.
Albanez’s presence at the two previous summits at the NATO summit in Madrid in 2022 and Vilnius in 2023 drew sharp criticism from Beijing, as well as former prime minister Paul Keating and Bob Carr. , provoked the former foreign minister. They argued that America and European countries should not interfere in the affairs of the Indo-Pacific countries.
The 75th NATO Summit will be held from July 9 to 11
On June 17, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said he has invited partners from the Indo-Pacific region to the alliance’s upcoming meeting in Washington. NATO consists of 32 member countries, but also has relations with more than 40 non-member countries and international organizations – NATO partners – including Australia.
