Australia PM's Germany, NATO trip to focus on trade, security


FILE PHOTO: Australia's Prime Minister Anthony Albanese gives the keynote address for the 20th IISS Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore June 2, 2023. REUTERS/Caroline Chia/File Photo

SYDNEY (Reuters) - Trade and security will be priorities for Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese on a trip this week to meet German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and attend a NATO summit in Lithuania, Albanese's office said.

He will meet Scholz on Monday to discuss "deepening cooperation between Australia and Germany" in "trade and investment, the clean energy transition, and defence", the Labor leader's office said in a statement late on Saturday.

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