Former New Zealand PMs were also invited with the guest list including Vladimir Putin and Kim Jong Un.
Australia’s former Foreign Minister Bob Carr attends a press conference to discuss security cooperation of South China Sea during the fifth World Peace Forum at Beijing’s Tsinghua University on July 17, 2016 in Beijing, China. Qi Tian/Getty Images
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The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has extended invitations to former Australian Foreign Minister Bob Carr and Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews to commemorate the 80th anniversary of China’s victory in the Second Sino-Japanese War.
The program includes a military parade in Tiananmen Square and address by CCP leader Xi Jinping on Sept. 3.
Naziya Alvi Rahman is a Canberra-based journalist who covers political issues in Australia. She can be reached at [email protected].
