Australia's PM says he's not in group of Australian MPs to visit Taiwan
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Anthony Albanese
Sat, December 3, 2022, 1:20 AM·2 min read
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Anthony Albanese
Prime Minister of Australia since 2022
SYDNEY (Reuters) -Australia's Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said on Saturday he would not be part of a group of federal politicians set to travel to Taiwan for a reported five-day visit aimed at conveying Australia's wish to maintain peace in the Indo-Pacific.
The group, which includes Australia's governing Labor Party and opposition Liberal-National coalition MPs, will fly to Taiwan on Sunday and is the first delegation of its type to visit there since 2019, The Australian newspaper reported on Saturday.
Albanese on Saturday described the trip as a "backbench" visit to Taiwan, not a government-led one.
"There remains a bipartisan position when it comes to China and when it comes to support for the status quo on Taiwan," Albanese told reporters in the town of Renmark, in South Australia state.
Asked about the travelling politicians' intentions,
