Thursday 7 July 2022 05:21 PM Penny Wong Australian Foreign Minister to meet with Chinese counterpart in Bali trends now
Australia's Foreign Minister Penny Wong will meet her Chinese counterpart Wang Yi on the sidelines of the G20 foreign ministers' meeting in Bali, Beijing has confirmed.
They will be the first such high-level, face-to-face talks since 2019, in a sign relations between the two nations are thawing.
China's foreign ministry has confirmed that the ministers will meet outside the main meeting at around 6pm on Friday, the ABC reports.
Earlier on Thursday Ms Wong said Australia was open to engaging with China.
Australia's Foreign Minister Penny Wong (left) will meet her Chinese counterpart Wang Yi (right) on the sidelines of the G20 foreign ministers' meeting in Bali
Earlier on Thursday Ms Wong (pictured in Bali) said Australia was open to engaging with China
Australia wants China to unwind trade sanctions on Australian goods, while Beijing wants Australia take steps to repair ties.
Ms Wong said her first bilateral meeting will be with Fijian Prime Minister Frank Bainimarama on Friday.
'Australian ministers remain open to engage, we are willing to engage and that willingness extends to any meeting in the margins of the G20,' she told reporters after landing in Indonesia on Thursday.
Senator Wong welcomed a proposed meeting between the US and Chinese foreign ministers at the G20 ministerial meeting.
'If we want greater stability in this world, we would want the two great powers to engage closely, notwithstanding their differences,' she said.
Stablising the relationship between China and Australia was also in the best interest of both nations, Senator Wong said.
Senator Wong said stabilising the relationship between China and Australia was also in the best interest of both nations (pictured, Ms Wong with Fiji Prime Minister Frank Bainimarama)
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese fronted a trans-Tasman leadership forum on Thursday night with his New Zealand counterpart.
Mr Albanese said both countries shared a
