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THE United States must be a leader in facilitating "urgent" progress for peace in the Middle East, Australian and British leaders say. Read more: www.news.com.au...
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Foreign Minister Bob Carr rejected the idea of a permanent US military base in Australia. "In fact, the Americans will not seek it because of the cost involved at a time when they are going to have to produce more cuts in their defence spending," he told Sky News. "And second, because it doesn't fit with the way they project power. "But above all... it's not in Australia's interest."
Carr said Canberra understood China's military modernisation and accepted that its rise in economic power would be matched by a defence upgrade. "But just as we accept that, you, the Chinese, must accept that we are a small population holding a large continent and will, as we have done historically, look to an alliance with the United States," he said. "But we reject utterly any notion of containing China. We look to engage with China."Link...