Original article by Andrew Tillett, Michael Smith
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 5 : 17-Jan-24

The Minister for the Pacific, Pat Conroy, has advised that the federal government was given advance notice by Nauru that it intended to switch diplomatic recognition from Taiwan to China. Conroy says Nauru did not ask the government for additional funds to prevent the diplomatic switch. Meanwhile, a Taiwan media report has claimed that the move was at least partly due to Taiwan’s decision to reject Nauru’s request for an extra $125m to address the financial shortfall caused by the temporary closure of Australia’s offshore immigration detention centre. However, the federal government contends that the facility has never been closed.

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