Defence Minister Kevin Andrews

Professions :

We don't believe that turning a reef into a military airport is enhancing the peace and security of that region, the greatest danger in the region is a miscalculation.

Defence Minister Kevin Andrews

We have not taken a stance on the various claims to rocks and reefs and outcrops and artificial islands in the South China Sea, but what we've said is that these matters should be solved in a peaceful way.

Defence Minister Kevin Andrews

We will maintain our right in the future to exercise the international right of passage - both on the sea and in the sky in the South China Sea, we want to be a friend and continue to be a major trading partner with China, as with other nations in the region, but we also believe that all nations should make clear their strategic intent.

Defence Minister Kevin Andrews

We have said there will be a significant Australian involvement and that is our position and we are getting on with the job.

Defence Minister Kevin Andrews

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