Penny Wong says she is open to meeting with Chinese counterpart at G20

Foreign minister confirms Australia's willingness to engage with China but insists coercive' trade sanctions must be scrapped

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Australia's foreign minister, Penny Wong, has signalled she is open to meeting her Chinese counterpart at a looming meeting of G20 foreign ministers, but she has warned any diplomatic thaw will require the removal of Beijing's coercive" trade sanctions against a variety of exports.

Wong was asked during a visit to Singapore on Wednesday to disclose whether or not arrangements were now in place for a conversation at the G20 meeting in Indonesia later this week - and if so, what her message would be to China's Wang Yi.

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