“The Australian federal government vetoed the BRI cooperation agreements between the government of Victoria and China for no good reason, wantonly disrupting normal exchanges and cooperation between the two countries and gravely undermining the bilateral relations and mutual trust”, China's Foreign Ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin said. “China expresses strong dissatisfaction and firm opposition and has already lodged solemn representation with the Australian side. China reserves the right to make further reactions over this matter.”

Wenbin also urged Australia to avoid making the already seriously difficult China-Australia relations worse. (ILKHA)