In a joint media conference with his Australian counterpart Penny Wong, Latvian Foreign Minister Edgars Rinkevics said nations in the Pacific region needed to remain calm amid soaring tensions in the Taiwan Strait.
"What we see is that there is a rising assertiveness not only in this part of the world, but in our part of the region," Mr Rinkevics told reporters in Canberra on Monday.
"It is very important to understand that China is also really carefully watching what is happening in Europe, what is happening in Ukraine, and has adjusted its policies and stance in this part of the world.
"It is very important we work together and we provide the same kind of message of the need to have restraint, not to overreact."
The US deputy secretary of state was also in Canberra to discuss regional cooperation with Senator Wong following a trip through Pacific island nations.
Wendy Sherman travelled to the Solomon Islands over the weekend to meet with Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare after promising to be more present in the region following a Sino-Solomons security deal inked earlier this year.
Speaking ahead of her meeting with Senator Wong, Ms Sherman indicated further action on climate change by the US and Australia will help promote their standing in the Pacific.
"The United States and Australia are the staunchest allies, and the closest of friends. We are working together to combat climate change," she said.
"The US Senate ... made the largest investment ever in combating the climate crisis - $US370 billion.
"I certainly heard in my travels to Samoa, Tonga and Solomon Islands, that climate is such an existential threat and it's understood so powerfully out here."
US President Joe Biden is due to host leaders of Pacific island nations at the White House in September.
Senator Wong lauded the US-Australian relationship.
"We are very focused on a region that's stable, prosperous, respectful of sovereignty and you're indispensable to that," she told Ms Sherman.
Neither Senator Wong nor Ms Sherman named China in their remarks. The meeting comes after a tense stand-off following US Speaker Nancy Pelosi's visit to Taiwan last week.
In response, China shot 11 ballistic missiles over Taiwan and close to Japan, in addition to war-gaming an invasion of the island.
The Chinese government said it was the "victim" and accused Senator Wong of "finger pointing" after she last week condemned Beijing's "disproportionate and destabilising" actions.
Senator Wong said Australia was not the only nation concerned about escalation and it was critical the "temperature is lowered".
"The region is concerned about escalation, the region is concerned about the risk of conflict," she said.
"Australia's national interests haven't changed ... we will continue in a calm and considered way to articulate our national interests."
When asked if she will contact Taiwan's government, Senator Wong said: "We will continue to act in ways consistent with our longstanding bipartisan 'one China' policy."
Opposition Leader Peter Dutton was more outspoken, saying he was pleased Ms Pelosi visited Taiwan.
"Yes, she should have, and I'm pleased that she did because the reaction from China is completely over the top and it's disproportionate," the former defence minister said.
"Nobody advocates, not the United States, not Australia, for changing the circumstances in relation to Taiwan.
"The actions at the moment are causing deep distress, not just to the Taiwanese, but to every country within our region."
Earlier, the European Union's outgoing Australian ambassador, Dr Michael Pulch, said there was nothing provocative about parliamentarians visiting other nations and Europe doesn't believe the US is at fault following heightened tensions.
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