Kevin Rudd: Australia’s incoming ambassador to US says balloon saga threatens push to ease tensions with China
by Daniel Hurst Foreign affairs and defence correspon from US news | The Guardian on (#68WH5)
Former Labor prime minister says incident has created diplomatic clouds' that may overshadow efforts to stabilise relationship
The incoming Australian ambassador to the United States, Kevin Rudd, has warned the Chinese balloon saga has created new diplomatic clouds" that put at risk recent efforts to ease tensions between Beijing and Washington.
In a speech in Brisbane on Wednesday, Rudd also warned against expecting any softening in China's ideological cleavage with the west".
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