JAKARTA: Australia's prime minister confirmed on Thursday (Sep 7) that he will visit China later this year after talks with China's premier, who said Beijing was ready to resume bilateral exchanges after years of friction. The announcement by Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese on the sidelines of a
JAKARTA: Australia's prime minister confirmed on Thursday that he will visit China later this year after talks with China's premier, who said Beijing was ready to resume bilateral exchanges after years of friction.
"I ... confirmed the invitation from President Xi," Albanese told reporters after talks with Chinese Premier Li Qiang, adding that he"will visit China later this year at a mutually agreeable time".Li told Albanese that China was ready to work with Australia to resume exchanges in different areas, Chinese state news agency Xinhua reported, without mentioning specific areas.
China's foreign ministry spokesperson Mao Ning said Beijing welcomed the planned visit and that"a healthy and stable China-Australia relationship serves the fundamental interests of the two peoples".
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