Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has met with Chinese President Xi in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing.
China’s top leaders have hailed a new starting point in ties with Australia during talks with Prime Minister Anthony Albanese in Beijing, putting an end to years of diplomatic isolation that saw all ministerial contact cut off between Australia and its largest trading partner.
China has fiercely opposed Australia’s AUKUS pact on nuclear-powered submarines with the United States and the United Kingdom, while trying to exert its influence in the South Pacific and claiming disputed territory in the South China Sea. Chairman of the National People’s Congress Zhao Leji greets Prime Minister Anthony Albanese in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Monday.“China is ready to work with Australia to improve, maintain and develop our relations, to enhance mutual trust, strengthen exchanges, expand cooperation, consolidate the friendship, so as to deliver greater benefits to our two countries and peoples.
“He has never said anything to me that has not been done, and that’s a positive way that you have to start off dealing with people. We recognise as well that we come with different political systems, very different values arising from that, and different histories.
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