"British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, Australia’s Prime Minister Scott Morrison and US President Joe Biden meet at the G7 gathering in Cornwall on Saturday. " />Australian frigates will join a British carrier strike group in naval exercises in the Indo-Pacific in a show of strength against China as the world’s wealthiest democracies vow to confront Beijing’s economic coercion. Prime Minister Scott Morrison discussed the deeper military co-operation with United States President Joe Biden and British Prime Minister Boris Johnson in a meeting — on the sidelines of the Group of 7 summit in Britain...
— aimed at uniting liberal democracies against threats to open trade.
The Australian frigates will join the strike group, led by aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth, in operations through the South China Sea within weeks. It will include port visits and a significant presence in the South China Sea in a move which is expected to upset Beijing....MORE
