Australia's Foreign Minister Penny Wong has indicated Prime Minister Anthony Albanese won't travel to China unless 'continued progress' is made to resolve trade and consular disputes
"We've seen some progress [on] coal, copper and timber, there's a process underway on barley and I, Trade Minister Don Farrell and the prime minister have made clear that we would want to see a similar pathway on wine.
Successive Australian governments have also pressed China on human rights violations in relation to Australian citizens being detained and Mr Albanese recently told reporters it was an issue he continued to raise with officials. "I think Australia does deserve to have absolute clarity that these trade sanctions are going to be lifted and that that clarity should be there before the Prime Minister entertains a formal state visit to Beijing," he told Insiders on Sunday.
"The Prime Minister has received an invitation to visit China and that's been conveyed by senior Chinese officials in recent discussions," the department's Craig Chittick told Senate estimates. After years of disputes around human rights, national security and trade, Mr Albanese has made it clear he will travel to China.While in Japan over the weekend, he confirmed he had advised other world leaders.
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