CANBERRA, Oct. 2 (Xinhua) -- A majority of Australians believe Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison was wrong to snub a United Nations (UN) climate summit.
A survey of 1,097 people, published by the Guardian Australia on Wednesday, found that about 70 percent of respondents believe Morrison should have joined fellow world leaders at a UN climate summit in New York.
Australian Foreign Minister Marise Payne attended the summit in Morrison's place.
More than two thirds of respondents to the poll who voted for Morrison's Liberal-National party (LNP) coalition in May's general election agreed that he should have attended compared to 78 percent of those who voted for the Opposition Australian Labor Party.
The summit took place in the middle of Morrison eight-day official visit to the United States, during which he made numerous appearances alongside U.S. President Donald Trump.
The Guardian poll found that 57 percent of respondents agreed Morrison showed "good diplomacy skills" during the visit.
More than three quarters agreed that it is important that the Australian prime minister have a good relationship with the U.S. president "whoever they may be" while 15 percent disagreed.
However, only 32 percent of respondents agreed that Trump's presidency has been good for Australia with 49 percent disagreeing.
