Penny Wong meets China's top diplomat Wang Yi | ABC News
· 14.07.2023 · 13:25:46 ··· ··· Friday ·· 5 (5)
ABC News (Australia) Foreign Minister Penny Wong has told her Chinese counterpart Australia expects more movement from Beijing on its crippling trade restrictions, as questions mount on whether China is setting the right conditions for a visit by Prime Minister Anthony Albanese this year. Subscribe: http://ab.co/1svxLVE
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Ms Wong met the Chinese Communist Party's Foreign Affairs director Wang Yi for almost an hour on the sidelines of the East Asia Foreign Ministers summit in Jakarta.
It was the fourth time the pair had met since Xi Jinping's government ended its two-and-a-half-year refusal to speak to Australian ministers, a stance Mr Xi changed after the Albanese government took power.
This latest meeting has been seen as crucial for keeping on track a planned visit by Mr Albanese to the Chinese capital, which would be the first by an Australian leader since 2016.
Ms Wong described her meeting with Mr Wang as "a frank conversation" that included China's trade barriers on Australian exports and the jailing of Australian citizens.
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