Published:
Jun 15, 2023 00:29 GMT
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has announced this Thursday that he would introduce a bill to terminate the lease on land in Canberra where Russia plans to build a new building for its Embassy.
“The government has received very clear security advice on the risk which represents a new Russian presence so close to Parliament House“, Albanese said. “We are moving quickly to ensure that the leased site does not become a formal diplomatic presence,” he said.
Separately, the prime minister has confirmed that Russia would still have a diplomatic presence in the southern suburb of Griffith, in the Australian capital territory, where the Russian Embassy was first opened in 2011.
