Australia Won’t Stop Taiwan Ally Tuvalu If It Makes China Pivot
- Australia’s Wong says foreign policy is a sovereign decision
- Tuvalu is one of only three Pacific nations supporting Taiwan
Penny Wong
Photographer: Alex Ellinghausen/Sydney Morning Herald/Getty Images
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Australia won’t interfere in any moves by the Pacific nation of Tuvalu to end its diplomatic relationship with Taiwan, Foreign Minister Penny Wong said, following media reports that it could follow Nauru’s lead in shifting its alliance to China.
Tuvalu’s foreign policy is a matter for the Pacific nation alone, Wong said at a press conference in Canberra on Tuesday. Any decision on its recognition of either Taiwan or China is “not something we would be intervening in.”