Anthony Albanese has returned home after a critical meeting with US President Joe Biden in Washington DC, but has warned of “strategic competition” with China ahead of his next visit in a week.
The PM was flanked by his partner Jodie Haydon as he touched down at Sydney Airport on Saturday morning.
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese landed back in Sydney on Saturday morning. Picture: NCA NewsWire / David Swift During his US meeting he said: “We have strategic competition in our region … that’s a fact that we are living with”.“We want a peaceful and secure region, but we want one as well that’s based upon the rule of law and where national sovereignty, including issues such as the South China Sea and the right of passage in that important waterway there – the East China Sea, the Taiwan Strait – is respected.
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