Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Chinese President Xi Jinping will meet in-person on the sidelines of the Group of 20 summit on Tuesday, the first such talks between leaders of the two countries since 2019 that’s likely to touch on trade.
Albanese announced the long-anticipated summit at a press conference after touching down in Indonesia on Monday afternoon for the G-20, saying he was “looking forward to a constructive meeting.”
Relations between Australia and China have rapidly deteriorated in recent years. Following a call by former Prime Minister Scott Morrison for an international investigation into the origins of Covid-19 in April 2020, the Chinese government imposed trade sanctions on a number of Australian exports ranging from wine to barley.
Albanese held a brief discussion with outgoing Chinese Premier Li Keqiang on the sidelines of Asean over the weekend, where Li said Beijing was prepared to meet the Australian leader “half-way,” according to Chinese state news agency Xinhua.
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