- Title: China says Australian foreign minister to visit this week
- Date: 5th November 2018
- Summary: BEIJING, CHINA (NOVEMBER 5, 2018) (REUTERS) CHINESE FOREIGN MINISTRY SPOKESWOMAN HUA CHUNYING WALKING IN FOR REGULAR NEWS CONFERENCE JOURNALISTS SITTING (SOUNDBITE) (Mandarin) CHINESE FOREIGN MINISTRY SPOKESWOMAN HUA CHUNYING, SAYING: "We are willing to work hard with the Australian side on the basis of mutual respect, equality and benefit to expand exchanges and cooperation in all fields, to promote Sino-Australian relations to achieve new developments." NEWS CONFERENCE IN PROGRESS EXTERIOR OF CHINESE FOREIGN MINISTRY CHINESE NATIONAL FLAG FLYING
- Embargoed: 19th November 2018 09:22
- Keywords: Australia China relation foreign ministry visit Marise Payne tie
- Location: BEIJING, CHINA
- City: BEIJING, CHINA
- Country: China
- Topics: Diplomacy/Foreign Policy,Government/Politics
- Reuters ID: LVA0019589F0L
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text:Australian Foreign Minister Marise Payne will visit China this week, the Asian nation's foreign ministry said on Monday (November 5).
Ties between the two countries, which compete for influence in Asia and particularly in the Pacific, have been strained since Australia accused China of meddling in its domestic affairs late last year.
Ending the stand-off, China's foreign ministry said Payne's visit, which begins on Wednesday (November 5), will include talks with State Councillor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi.
In Beijing, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying noted that Payne and Wang had met in September on the sidelines of the U.N. General Assembly and had reached "an important consensus" on ties. - Copyright Holder: REUTERS
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