Australia's foreign minister has challenged China's top diplomat over Hong Kong's latest national security crackdown, saying Friday (July 14) it was crucial to speak frankly 'in defence of human rights'.
JAKARTA — Australia's foreign minister has challenged China's top diplomat over Hong Kong's latest national security crackdown, saying Friday it was crucial to speak frankly"in defence of human rights".
Ms Wong spent close to an hour talking with China's top foreign policy official Wang Yi on the sidelines of an Association of Southeast Asian Nations summit in Jakarta overnight. Australia would continue to speak"in defence of human rights", she said, as well as"the welfare of our citizens" and"the rights and freedoms of those who live in Australia".
Relations between Beijing and Canberra have been thawing since the election of Australia's centre-left Labor government in May last year.
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