Australia ends Chinese deals on national interest grounds
The Hindu
Victoria Education Department pacts signed with Syria in 1999 and Iran in 2004 were also cancelled.
Australia on Wednesday cancelled four bilateral deals with China, Iran and Syria under new laws that give the federal government power to overrule international agreements by lower-level administrations that violate the national interest. The cancelled deals include Victoria state's two “Belt and Road” infrastructure building initiative deals with Beijing signed in 2018 and 2019, Foreign Minister Marise Payne said in a statement. Those deals triggered the legislative response. Victoria Education Department pacts signed with Syria in 1999 and Iran in 2004 were also cancelled.
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