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The Prime Minister of Australia at the NATO Summit

New Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has said he will attend a “significant” NATO summit in Madrid later this month as the US-led military alliance seeks to further strengthen ties following Russia’s military invasion of Ukraine. on February.

Australia, one of Ukraine’s main non-NATO supporters, has sent humanitarian aid and military equipment to Kyiv and imposed a ban on exports of aluminum and other ores such as bauxite to Russia.

Describing his participation in the NATO summit as a “priority”, Mr Albanese said he wanted to express “support for the people of Ukraine who are resisting this trampling, illegal behavior of Russia”.

At the June 29-30 meeting in Madrid, the heads of state and government of the member states of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization will discuss long-term reforms in the alignment of forces. There is still some controversy over the numbers of troops and the locations where they will be deployed.

Following the outbreak of war on 24 February, NATO stepped up its forces in the Baltic states.

Mr Albanezi, who has been in power for less than a month, declined to confirm reports that he had received an invitation from Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to visit Kyiv.

According to the Sydney Morning Herald, Mr Zelensky included the invitation in his congratulatory letter to the leader of the Australian Labor Party on his election victory.

Russia on Thursday banned 121 Australians from entering the territory, accusing them of participating in a “Russophobic” campaign.

Australia, for its part, has announced sanctions against hundreds of individuals and entities in Russia, particularly Russian banks and public debt management bodies.

SOURCE: ΑΠΕ-ΜΠΕ

Source: Capital

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