Daniel R Russel, US Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs, has refuted the former Australian prime minister Malcolm Fraser and said Australia will not be forced to join an American war against China, reports Huanqiu, the website of China's nationalistic tabloid Global Times.
Russel's words come after the US and Australia held a ministry-level meeting which aims to integrate the two counties' ballistic missile defense system, increase US ships' visits to Perth and opening a bombing range in the Northern Territory to US forces.
Fraser in his new book dangerous Allies urges Australia to abandon its alliance with the US to avoid conflict with China. He claimed Australia is stuck in America's system and the alliance denies Australia the choice to remain neutral if war should ever break out.
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