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CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australia’s new Prime Minister Anthony Albanese stated on Friday he would take recommendation on whether or not to simply accept President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s invitation to go to Ukraine throughout an upcoming European journey.
Albanese will attend a NATO assembly in Spain on the finish of this month.
Albanese stated he solely grew to become conscious of the invitation to go to Ukraine when he learn a newspaper report Friday.
“I’ll take applicable recommendation, and clearly there are safety points as properly when it comes to such a go to,” Albanese instructed reporters.
“I respect the spirit through which it’s been supplied and one of many explanation why Australia has been invited to NATO is that Australia is the biggest non-NATO contributor to present assist to Ukraine in its protection of its nationwide sovereignty towards Russia’s unlawful, immoral invasion. And we’ll proceed to face with the individuals of Ukraine,” Albanese added.
Zelenskyy gave the invitation when he wrote to congratulate Albanese on his center-left Labor Occasion’s win at elections on Could 21, stated Ukraine Embassy in Australia’s deputy head of mission Volodymyr Shalkivski.
The invitation was for Albanese to “go to Ukraine at his comfort,” Shalkivski stated, and the embassy handed the invitation over to the brand new administration June 7.
European leaders are more and more visiting Ukraine’s capital Kyiv by rail from Poland.
Zelenskyy addressed the Australian Parliament by video in late March when then-Prime Minister Scott Morrison’s conservative coalition was in energy. The president appealed for armored automobiles and harder sanctions towards Russia.
Australia responded by promising 14 M113 totally tracked armored personnel carriers and 40 Bushmaster four-wheel-drive armored automobiles. The automobiles introduced the price of Australia’s contribution to Ukraine’s protection to 285 million Australian {dollars} ($200 million) by late Could.
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