Australian Foreign Minister Downer warned the PNG government that if PNG established ties with Taiwan, this would cause a regression in economic relations with mainland China, and would draw the South Pacific region into the sovereignty dispute between Taiwan and mainland China.
澳洲外長唐納還警告巴紐政府，巴紐與台灣建交，將使其與中共的經濟關係倒退，還會將南太平洋地區捲入兩岸主權紛爭。