Chinese premier to visit Australia on Saturday

Published June 11, 2024 12:57 AM

By ROD McGUIRK
Associated Press

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — China’s Premier Li Qiang will visit Australia on Saturday. Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said on Tuesday. Li’s visit will be the first by a Chinese premier to Australia since 2017, Albanese and Li will hold annual leaders’ meeting at Parliament House in the Australian capital Canberra during the visit. Li will also visit the Australian cities of Adelaide and Perth. Li’s visit follows Albanese’s visit to Beijing in November last year, where leaders agreed to resume key bilateral dialogues and to further several areas of cooperation.

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