A contingent of senior federal ministers will head to Beijing this week for the first bilateral talks in three years, as the Australian government seeks to strengthen its delicate relationship with China.
Foreign Affairs Minister Penny Wong announced on Saturday officials will travel to the PRC capital to attend the seventh Australia-China High Level Dialogue on September 7, which will host representatives from industry, government, academia, media and the arts to exchange perspectives across the breadth of the two nations’ bilateral ties.
The meeting will provide a platform for “constructive discussions” between the two countries spanning trade and investment, people-to-people links and regional and international security, targeted at establishing a bolstered Indo-Pacific presence. “This is first time the Dialogue has been held since early 2020 and it represents another step towards increasing bilateral engagement and stabilising our relationship with China,” Senator Wong said in a statement.
“It provides an opportunity for representatives from both countries to discuss our perspectives and how we can grow our cooperation in areas of shared interest.”
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