Sunday, 7 February 2021, 4:52 pm
On Sky News on February 1, Australian Prime Minister
Scott Morrison called on New Zealand’s Labour Party-led
government to “stick together” with the US-led Five Eyes
intelligence network, which includes Australia, New Zealand,
Britain and Canada, against China.
Interviewer Paul
Murray asked whether Morrison was concerned that New Zealand
was “changing its priorities a little bit, or [is] China
helping them change their priorities?… How important is it
that New Zealand is all in on Five Eyes [and] not trying to
keep an eye somewhere else as
well?”
Morrison replied: “The Five
Eyes is really important, and so are liberal market
Australian PM calls on New Zealand to “align more” against China
Prime Minister Scott Morrison on Sky News on February 1 [Source: Sky News Australia]
Interviewer Paul Murray asked whether Morrison was concerned that New Zealand was “changing its priorities a little bit, or [is] China helping them change their priorities?… How important is it that New Zealand is all in on Five Eyes [and] not trying to keep an eye somewhere else as well?”
Morrison replied: “The Five Eyes is really important, and so are liberal market democracies… all of these countries need to align more… on security issues and intelligence” in opposition to “authoritarian” countries. He added: “We’ve got to continue to maintain our vigilance over this, and to do that we’ve got to stick together.”
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