China, Australia eye first leaders' meeting in years


Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese visits a chemist store in Kingston in Canberra, Australia, Wednesday, Sept. 7, 2022. Albanese urged China to allow detained Chinese-born Australian journalist Cheng Lei to make her first contact with her children in more than two years. (Mick Tsikas/AAP Image via AP)

SYDNEY (AFP): China and Australia could hold top-level talks for the first time since 2017, with senior figures from both countries this week signalling a willingness to break the years-long impasse.

Australia's Prime Minister Anthony Albanese (pic) said Wednesday (Sept 7) that he would "welcome" such a meeting, when asked about the potential for talks on the sidelines of the G20 summit in November in Indonesia.

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