Federal government tears up Victoria’s Belt and Road agreements with China
by Daniel Hurst Foreign affairs and defence correspon from World news | The Guardian on (#5GW1B)
Foreign minister Marise Payne cancels two deals between Victoria and China under new foreign veto laws
The Morrison government has used its sweeping new foreign veto laws to tear up Victoria's Belt and Road agreements with China, in what the Chinese embassy has denounced as a another unreasonable and provocative move".
The foreign minister, Marise Payne, said she would cancel those two deals, along with two older agreements between the Victorian government and Iranian and Syrian entities, because they were inconsistent with Australia's foreign policy or adverse to our foreign relations".
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