Live Updates: Beijing Foreign Minister’s Visit to Australia

Published on March 19, 2024

Here are the latest updates on Chinese Communist Party (CCP) representative Wang Yi’s visit: _____ Australian Government ‘Looks Forward’ to Visit from the CCP Premier Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong spoke to the media after concluding the meeting with her counterpart. Senator Wong said a stable relationship between Australia and China “doesn’t just happen.” “It needs ongoing work. And this was the latest meeting in that process,” she said. “As Minister Wang reflected in that meeting, it’s in both our interests we have a mature and productive relationship.” Both sides agreed to a sixth foreign and strategic dialogue, and recommencement of the bilateral annual leaders meeting....