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| Former Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd (Image: Wiki Commons) |
CANBERRA, July 27 (Xinhua) -- Australia's Foreign Affairs Minister Julie Bishop has said that former Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd is "qualified" for the United Nations secretary-general position.
While Bishop did not explicitly endorse Rudd's candidacy, her comments came in the wake of fellow Liberal National Party (LNP) members of parliament saying Rudd was not qualified for the role.
"I believe that as the other candidates are former leaders, former prime ministers, former foreign ministers of their country, then he is qualified to be a candidate," Bishop told the ABC on Wednesday.
Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull's Cabinet will meet on Thursday to debate whether the incumbent government will officially nominate Rudd for the post. Without that support, Rudd could not be considered for the role.
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