CANBERRA Houston Astros Youth Jersey , Aug. 11 (Xinhua) -- Australia would invoke the ANZUS treaty and join any potential conflict between the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) and the United States, Australia's Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull said on Friday.
The Australia, New Zealand, United States Security Treaty (ANZUS) is a security arrangement which was signed by Australia, New Zealand and the United States in 1951, and requires trilateral cooperation regarding military matters in the Pacific region.
The prime minister told local radio on Friday that Australia "would come to the aid of the United States" if conflict arises Kansas City Royals Youth Jersey , after discussing the matter with U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson during a phone call held on Thursday evening.
"We stand with the U.S., so to be very clear, if there is an attack on the U.S., the ANZUS treaty would be invoked and Australia would come to the aid of the United States, as America would come to our aid if we were attacked," Turnbull said on Macquarie radio.
Turnbull did not say in what specific capacity that would be Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim Youth Jersey , but said as one of Australia's closest allies, the United States could expect substantial support from Australia.
Turnbull's comments came after the DPRK threatened a missile strike on the U.S. Pacific territory of Guam following strong words from U.S. President Donald Trump.
Turnbull's confirmation came just a day after Australia's Foreign Minister Julie Bishop refused to speculate as to whether Australia would invoke ANZUS in the event of conflict.
She told the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) that Australia was "not a party, in the legal sense, to the (current) Korean War armistice," and was at the time hesitant to declare Australia's support for the United States.
"As far as the ANZUS security alliance is concerned, that is an obligation to consult Los Angeles Dodgers Youth Jersey ," Bishop said on Thursday morning
Meanwhile, Australia's opposition Labor party has declared that it would work with the government in a bipartisan approach to the escalating tensions between the DPRK and the United States.
"Australians should be reassured that on this matter ... the politics of Labor and Liberal are working absolutely together," Labor leader Bill Shorten told reporters in Canberra on Friday.
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JIUZHAIGOU, Sichuan, Aug. 10 (Xinhua) -- When soldier Li Dingyong crawled into a tour bus that had been deformed by falling rocks, he was saddened to find the bodies of two tourists.
Jiuzhaigou is a popular tourist destination in the mountains on the eastern edge of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau in southwest China's Sichuan Province. A major earthquake struck this other-worldly landscape on Tuesday night Miami Marlins Youth Jersey , turning what was supposed to be a joyful night for tourists in the remote summer hideaway into a nightmare.
According to the provincial government, the death toll has risen to 20, with 431 injured. Thousands of rescuers were dispatched to help with relief efforts in Jiuzhaigou.
Right after the earthquake, Li, 30, and his fellow soldiers were told to clear the clogged highway Milwaukee Brewers Youth Jersey , save the injured and search for missing people and vehicles along the 301 provincial highway, which connects the Jiuzhaigou tourist area and the Huanglong Jiuzhai Airport.
The road is the shortest route between the airport and the tourist area about 80 km away. Every year during summer and winter holidays, countless passengers from around the country visit Jiuzhaigou via the airport. But following the earthquake, the highway has become the best way to transport stranded passengers eager to leave Jiuzhaigou.
"After the earthquake, the highway became impassable because huge rocks and tonnes of dirt from landslides caved onto the road," Li said. "The ensuing quakes and landslides stranded tourists and destroyed buses and passenger cars on it."
As slabs of rocks and loads of dirt continued to fall on the highway Minnesota Twins Youth Jersey , Li and 19 fellow soldiers decided to walk and continue rescue work with their bare hands and several flashlights.
"We saw about 40 tourists near a tourist village not far from the highway, some of them injured, and we brought them to safety," Li said.
At the most clogged section of the highway, the rocks and dirt formed a huge mass of around 10,000 square meters New York Mets Youth Jersey , Li said.
"When fewer rocks and less dirt fell, the soldiers just covered each other and ran quickly over the area through all the dust," he said.
Li and other soldiers spent the entire night walking back and forth to transport tourists and clear the highway. He said he walked about 60 km on the highway.
When they finally reached the tourist site, it was already 11 a.m. on Wednesday.
"I felt a bit tired after reaching the tourist site," he said. "I did not sleep for 30 hours."
Like Li Dinyong, Ma Ti was also tasked with transporting tourists stuck near the highway.
Ma New York Yankees Youth Jersey , 33, said he was among 80 soldiers sent by the prefecture-level public security bureau to assist with relief efforts.
"We saw more than 150 tourists stuck in a forest near the highway on Wednesday, two of them severely injured," Ma recalled.
As the quake cut telecommunications and electricity, the tourists were unable to contact the outside world, and they were overwhelmed by anxiety Oakland Athletics Youth Jersey , hunger, and exhaustion.
"Some of them were crying, and some wanted to walk out of the woods by themselves with luggage," Ma said.
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