The federal government is being urged to move quickly to strike a Tuvalu-style security pact with Nauru after the tiny island nation switched diplomatic recognition from Taiwan to China in a shock move signalling deeper ties with Beijing.
The federal government is being urged to move quickly to strike a Tuvalu-style security pact with Nauru after the tiny island nation switched diplomatic recognition from Taiwan to China in a shock move signalling deeper ties with Beijing. Pat Conroy, the Minister for the Pacific, said Nauru notified the government in advance about the announcement, which Taiwan linked to a funding shortfall related to Australia ’s offshore immigration detention facility on Nauru .
Taiwan’s Foreign Ministry laid the blame on the Australian-run detention centre for the rupture in diplomatic ties, but the Australian government rejected those claims and insisted that the centre has not closed and that funding arrangements with Nauru remained in place. China has spent decades pursuing Taiwan’s diplomatic partners by offering economic development promise
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