Chinese President Xi says his country is willing to work with Australia for development of strategic ties hours before foreIgn ministers of the two sides meet in Beijing
Australia's Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says it is important to create better relations with major trading partner China.
"I attach great importance to the development of China-Australia relations and am willing to work with the Australian side," Xi said in the telegram to Albanese, CCTV reported on Wednesday. "It is important that we deliver better relations with our major trading partner in the future," Albanese told a news conference in Sydney.
Diplomatic ties between Australia and its major trading partner China deteriorated in recent years, with Beijing imposing sanctions on Australian exports after Canberra called for an international inquiry into the origins of the Covid-19 pandemic.
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