Australia to attend body's swearing-in
Britain and America's allies yesterday looked set to ignore their refusal to attend the swearing-in of the provisional legislature.
Australian Prime Minister John Howard said his Government would accept China's invitation to the ceremony, while New Zealand also announced it would attend the swearing-in, sending Deputy Prime Minister Winston Peters, if invited.
Mr Howard said Foreign Minister Alexander Downer would be attending all the ceremonies.
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