(Observer Network News)
Morrison, who was still busy "fighting a war of words" with the Chinese side a few days ago, turned his head and began to "seek communication" with China again.
After the video meeting between the Chinese and U.S. heads of state, Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison seemed a bit "unable to sit still." Australian News Network news on the 18th, Morrison said on the same day that "the Australian side has been very much looking forward to high-level communication with China", and said that "as long as the Chinese side is willing, the Australian side will welcome it at any time." In response, the report said that in the situation of "increasing tension about China", Morrison's remarks were "surprising".
However, according to the Guardian news on the 18th, the officials of the Chinese Embassy in Australia "did not give hints" to the possibility of China's "unfrozen" Dialogue between China and Australia. The report quoted Chinese officials as saying that the recent actions of the Australian government are "not conducive to creating an environment for high-level meetings between the two sides."
Screenshot of the Australian News Network report
"For the 'Australian government abandoned high-level dialogue with its largest trading partner , China', Prime Minister Morrison gave a rebuttal," the Australian news network said on the 18th.
Since May last year, the door to high-level dialogue between China and Australia has been "closed".
"Australia's economic and trade activities with its largest trading partner (referring to China) remain at a 'very strong level.'" At a press conference held at the "Tooheys" brewery in Lidcombe on the 18th, when asked whether Australia was worried about the "lack of communication" with China, Morrison said, "The Australian side has been very much looking forward to opening a Dialogue between China and Australia. As long as the Chinese government is willing to hold high-level meetings with Australia, the Australian side will welcome it. ”
He also said Australia had always been 'very open' to engagement and dialogue between the two countries and sought to seize any opportunity to engage in dialogue.
"Australia's position is very clear and we are very clear about what our interests are, including security interests and economic interests." Morrison said, "We will always stick to the interests and there will never be any compromise in this regard." ”
After calling on the two sides to communicate, Morrison is also trying to "find a remedy", saying, "But we also welcome cooperation with all parties in the region to ensure a 'free and open Indo-Pacific', which is the focus of Australia's policy." ”
Morrison, who held a press conference at the brewery on the 18th, was pictured from NCA NewsWire
The Australian News Network noted that Morrison was busy playing a "war of words" with China a few days ago, and the reason for this was that a member of the Australian Liberal Party to which Morrison belonged had previously "exported inferiorly" to China.
Speaking to the European Parliament last week, Liberal Senator Patterson falsely argued that the Chinese government was trying to divide democracies and that countries "should work with like-minded democratic governments to resist interference from China."
In this regard, the Chinese Embassy in Australia has filed a complaint with the Australian Parliament on this matter. Patterson, head of the congressional Intelligence and Security Committee, said the speech "misled European parliamentarians and the people" and "spread the misinformation that China's influence in Australia poses a security threat" and showed "prejudice and hostility" toward China, thus hindering exchanges between the two countries. "We firmly oppose any speeches and actions that obstruct normal exchanges between the two peoples and undermine China-EU relations."
Morrison jumped out on the 15th and bit back to the Chinese side. He said that the remarks of the Chinese Embassy in Australia were "ironic", and one of the "problems" between the Chinese Embassy in Australia and Australia was the so-called "right to freedom of speech".
"I'm not going to sell free speech in Australia. This will never happen. Morrison said confidently.
In this context, Morrison suddenly came to "communicate with China" on the 18th, and this "operation" made the Australian media "confused". The Australian News Network commented, "In the face of growing tensions over China, Morrison gave a surprising response. ”
In fact, Morrison's behavior of "asking for communication" is not "unexpected". Just two days ago, after the video meeting between the Chinese and Us dollar heads, Australian Trade, Tourism and Investment Minister Dan Tehan said on the 17th that "we are seeking constructive contacts (with China)." In May of this year, the same Dan Tehan said that "the Australian government hopes to have a dialogue with china".
Dan Tehan, who previously "asked for communication", was pictured from ABC Television in Australia
As for the recent frequent speculation on China-related issues by some Politicians in Australia, artificially creating tension between China and Australia, rational people in Australia cannot look at it. Former Australian Prime Minister Paul John Keating criticized the Australian government on the 10th of this month, arguing that Australia's foreign policy has been "disoriented". He also criticized Morrison in a morning post in the Sydney Morning Herald last month, saying that China had never "threatened" Australia, not even hinted that the Australian side had actually created an "enemy" that did not exist before.
Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin also pointed out on the 10th of this month that the current difficult situation in Sino-Australian relations is caused by the Australian side, and the Australian side is well aware of this. For some time now, many people of insight in Australia have made objective and rational voices on China-Australia relations and put forward useful suggestions on improving China-Australia relations.
In addition, the British "Guardian" said on the 18th that for the possibility of China "unfreezing" the Dialogue between China and Australia, Wang Xining, chargé d'affaires ad interim of the Chinese Embassy in Australia, "did not give hints" in an interview with the newspaper. According to the report, Wang Xining pointed out that the recent behavior of the Australian side is "not conducive to creating an environment for the two sides to hold high-level meetings."
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