Australia’s foreign affairs minister Marise Payne has finally expressed concerns to local media over the recent detention of two Canadian citizens in China. The remarks from Payne were first published by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation late Dec. 30 but only after a group of 30 scholars, foreign policy experts, and former diplomats petitioned for Payne to do so earlier that day.
In her statement, Payne said that Canberra supported Canada’s justice system and said has communicated its concerns over the arrests to Beijing.
