Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says that China’s Premier Li Qiang will visit Australia next year
“Premier Li will visit Australia next year, we’ve discussed that,” Albanese said, according to an official transcript of his remarks.
“Included in that was a discussion about a visit to Uluru that he expressed an interest in. I encourage that. I think that would be a very good thing to showcase Central Australia to what is, after all, well over a billion people,” Albanese added.
Albanese’s comments follow a meeting with Li on the sidelines of ASEAN on Monday, during which the prime minister said he raised concerns over an encounter between a Chinese fighter jet and an Australian maritime patrol aircraft.
Li told Albanese at the summit in Malaysia that China was ready to build a more stable and strategic partnership with Australia.
China is Australia’s largest trading partner, with Australian resources and energy exports dominating trade flow.