U.S. President Joe Biden and Australia's Prime Minister Anthony Albanese hold a bilateral meeting alongside the Quad Summit at Kantei Palace in Tokyo, Japan, May 24, 2022. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia's Prime Minister Anthony Albanese held his first meeting as leader with U.S. President Joe Biden on Tuesday, prompting Biden to jokingly stage a mock walk-out as the Labor Party leader recalled his first visit to Washington.
In a bilateral meeting on the sidelines of the Quad summit in Tokyo, Biden expressed his appreciation at Albanese flying to Tokyo so soon after being sworn in on Monday and after a gruelling six-week election campaign.
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