This was the first public statement on the matter from the Australian government.
Australian Foreign Minister Marise Payne speaks with a delegate from the Democratic Republic of the Congo during an event hosted by the U.S. Department of State's Energy Resources Governance Initiative at the Palace Hotel on the sidelines of the 74th session of the United Nations General Assembly in(photo credit: REUTERS/DARREN ORNITZ)ByLAHAV HARKOV