The Prime Minister says China's suggestion that it wants peace and harmony are at odds with its silence over Russian troop movements near the Ukrainian border, prompting a strong response from the Chinese Foreign Ministry that his 'belligerent rhetoric' will 'escalate the tensions'.
The Chinese Foreign Ministry has accused Scott Morrison of "clamouring for confrontation" in Ukraine as the Prime Minister intensifies his attacks on both China and Russia over the looming threat of war.
"When you have a large country, in our own region, that suggests they want peace and harmony and yet are not prepared to call out the actions of an autocratic state that wants to the violate the territorial sovereignty of their neighbour, then that is very concerning. Chilling," he told radio station 2SM.
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