Foreign Minister Penny Wong confirmed Australia will not take a backward step when it comes to Australia's national interests during her first meeting with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi.
Ms Wong will meet her Chinese counterpart on the sidelines of the G20 meeting in Bali in the first face-to-face meeting between foreign ministers in almost three years.
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi will meet with Penny Wong in the first meeting between foreign ministers in almost three years. Picture: Greg Baker - Pool /Getty Images “I look forward to an open conversation with my counterpart, it will be an important opportunity to engage on bilateral issues,” she said.
“I’ll let China speak for China, I can speak for us, we’re clear we won’t be making any concessions when it comes to Australia’s national interest,” she said.
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