Later, a Taiwanese delegation has been removed by the meeting of the Kimberley Process, at the request of the Chinese delegates, who objected to her presence.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade of Australia has confirmed that it has expressed its concern to the Chinese Ambassador in connection with the incident.
The participants of the Kimberley Process intersessional meeting described the unusual scene, telling how the Chinese delegation noisily violated the official welcoming ceremony host and forced to suspend at least one more meeting on Monday.
Members of the Chinese delegation used the microphone at his desk, to drown out the chairman of meetings of senior officials from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade of Australia Robert Owen-Jones (Robert Owen-Jones), as he tried to Foreign Minister Dzhuli Bishop and open ceremony host the welcome, told those present.
The Chinese delegation said that it has comments on the point of order and asked to find out whether all are in the hall were "officially invited."
Interruption lasts as long as the agenda has not been changed for the consideration of the so-called "point of order" as the first item. Only after this has been allowed to continue welcoming ceremony, followed by a performance of Dzhuli Bishop.
"It was disgusting, - said a senior Australian member who asked not to be naming his name. - It was out of the ordinary, so unsuitable, inappropriate and disrespectful it looked. "
According to the information of the media holding Fairfax Media, another session, held later in the morning, which was held a panel discussion with the heads of mining companies, it was completely abolished because of the constant heckling from various African delegations in support of China's position.
Negotiations then began between the Chinese and Australian sides, after which the Taiwanese delegation has asked to leave and the program resumed the conference.
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