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Gavin Blackburn

Australia and Fiji seal mutual defence pact in push to counter China in Pacific

Australia and Fiji signed a new bilateral defence alliance on Monday in a second major diplomatic win within a year for Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese against Chinese influence in the South Pacific.

Albanese and his Fijian counterpart Sitiveni Rabuka signed the Ocean of Peace Alliance in Fiji’s capital Suva.

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