Albanese to head to China within months after accepting Xi Jinping’s invitation

Anthony Albanese will use the first prime ministerial visit to China in seven years to press Beijing to drop trade sanctions and release detained Australians.

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has announced he will accept an invitation from Chinese President Xi Jinping to visit the country this year as he seeks to convince Beijing to drop its remaining sanctions on Australian exports and release detained Australians.

“China is a major power with global interest and it is valuable to exchange views on challenges to stability, peace and prosperity in our region,” Albanese told reporters following the meeting with Li. “That is how you get mutual agreement, mutual respect and advance the interests of both our nations,” Albanese said.Albanese has previously said he intended to travel to China at an appropriate time but had not confirmed he would accept the invitation to visit this year.after China placed bounties on Hong Kong activists living in Australia.

Li issued the personal invitation for Albanese to visit China at the opening of the meeting, hailing the “positive momentum of improvement” in the Australia-China relationship since Albanese’s meeting with Xi on the sidelines of the G20 summit in Bali last November.

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