{"id":109172,"date":"2013-10-07T00:05:09","date_gmt":"2013-10-06T18:35:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?p=109172"},"modified":"2013-10-12T00:27:31","modified_gmt":"2013-10-11T18:57:31","slug":"aussie-pm-supports-chogm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/aussie-pm-supports-chogm\/","title":{"rendered":"Aussie PM Supports CHOGM"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;\">Canada <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/canada-to-send-low-level-rep-to-chogm-in-colombo-will-review-funding-for-cwealth\/\">issued a scathing statement<\/a><\/span> outlining his boycott of CHOGM in Sri Lanka and threatened to cut its funding for the Commonwealth today while new Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbot vowed to attend the summit in Colombo despite concerns over the Government\u2019s human rights record.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/aussie-pm-supports-chogm\/australians-vote-in-the-federal-election\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-109173\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-109173\" title=\"Australians Vote In The Federal Election\" src=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Australian-Prime-Minister-Tony-Abbot-300x125.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"125\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Australian-Prime-Minister-Tony-Abbot-300x125.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Australian-Prime-Minister-Tony-Abbot.jpg 570w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper issued a statement on Monday, shortly before he met with Mr Abbott in Bali, confirming his boycott of the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;\">The Australian Prime Minister Abbott said Premier Harper&#8217;s decision was a matter for him.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;\">&#8220;But certainly I intend to attend CHOGM and will do my best to make a constructive contribution to the deliberations there,&#8221; he told reporters.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;\">The prime minister said the Commonwealth is an important forum and amongst Australia&#8217;s oldest international associations.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;\">&#8220;You do not make new friends by rubbishing your old friends or abandoning your old friends,&#8221; he said.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":109173,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,1,6969,2375],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-109172","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-colombotelegraph","category-news","category-popular-stories","category-stories"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.3 - 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