Shadow Foreign Affairs Minister Simon Birmingham says the invitation to the NATO leaders summit for Prime Minister Anthony Albanese is a “real opportunity for Australia” to engage with European democracies on Indo-Pacific issues.
“I’m intently focused on frankly the concerns about the fact the Prime Minster is dithering about whether or not he’s going to go to the NATO leaders summit in July,” Mr Birmingham told Sky News Australia.
“Now that is a real opportunity for Australia … to show our continued support for Ukraine … to make sure he seizes this one and only opportunity he gets on the global stage to engage with European democracies about Indo-Pacific security issues which is such a critical thing for an Australian leader to do.”
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