Australian Government Says Not Planning to Boycott World Cup

Australian Government Says Not Planning to Boycott World Cup
Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull and Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop at Parliament House in Canberra, Australia, March 27, 2018. AAP Image/Lukas Coch/via REUTERS
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SYDNEY–Australia’s Foreign Minister Julie Bishop clarified some earlier comments on Wednesday by saying the country had no plans to boycott the soccer World Cup in response to a nerve agent attack on a former Russian spy in Britain.

After Australia expelled two Russian diplomats on Tuesday, Bishop said that boycotting the June 14-July 15 tournament in Russia was among “a range” of other options available to the government.