NDIS and Government Services Minister Bill Shorten says China should encourage President Vladimir Putin to withdraw the “Russian invaders” from Ukrainian soil.
Mr Shorten’s remarks come after China’s President Xi Jinping met his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin in Moscow.
“I think as a permanent member of the UN Security Council, China shouldn’t contradict its stated desire for peace – it should actually back it in.”
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