The foreign minister meets her Chinese counterpart Wang Yi on the sidelines of UN General Assembly with trade, Taiwan and the ongoing detention of two Australians up for discussion.
abc.net.au/news/penny-wong-and-wang-yi-meet-on-sidelines-of-unga-trade-taiwan-/101467220Foreign Minister Penny Wong has again urged Beijing to remove punitive trade measures against Australia during a meeting with her Chinese counterpart Wang Yi in New York.
Penny Wong says she focused on pressing China to unwind trade sanctions and described talks as "constructive"The meeting is another sign China is willing to keep communication open with the Albanese government Senator Wong used her remarks at the outset of the discussion to talk up the prospects of clean energy cooperation between the two countries, while warning against "blockages" imposed by China. "Trade has been the platform from which the People's Republic of China has made historic achievements in poverty alleviation," she said to Mr Wang. "Indeed, open, rules-based trade within the international system has underpinned economic development for both our countries. "We both have much to lose by the disintegration of that system. And we both have much to gain from direct and productive engagement." Although short, Senator Wong characterised the meeting on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly as "constructive". It's the second time the two ministers have met face-to-face within 12 weeks, following a freeze on high-level contact between Australia and China for more than two years. "I think it is a long road in which many steps will have to be taken by both parties to a more stable relationship," Senator Wong told journalists afterwards.
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