A special flight to carry Prime Minister Anthony Albanese to a major defence announcement has highlighted Australia’s key partnerships in the region by starting in India, landing in Japan and ending in the United States.
, the RAAF flight traversed Burma, Laos and Vietnam to skirt the southern border of China before heading north and across the Philippines to land in Tokyo. Commercial flights from New Delhi to Tokyo take a more direct route across southern China to save time.over the weekend to meet US President Joe Biden and British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak for Tuesday’s AUKUS announcement on a new submarine fleet.
“This is a very big day for Australia, and it’s a good day,” Albanese said while walking on Sunday morning with Vice Admiral Mark Hammond, the Chief of Navy. “A new dawn in San Diego and a new dawn for Australia’s defence policy tomorrow.”The flight to the AUKUS announcement took the prime minister to each of Australia’s partners in the Quadrilateral Security Dialogue, or Quad: India, Japan and the US.
Chinese foreign ministry officials have repeatedly criticised the Quad as an “exclusive clique” that is bad for the region, while presenting China as a force for regional peace.
Albanese cleared the way for this week’s announcement by calling leaders from key neighbours and allies to ensure they were not taken by surprise by the next phase of the decades-long plan, which the government sees as a way to maintain stability in the region. “This is a very big day for Australia, and it’s a good day,” Albanese said while walking on Sunday morning with Vice Admiral Mark Hammond, the Chief of Navy.
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