Penny Wong to meet Chinese minister in sign of thawing relations between Australia and China

Following days of speculation China's foreign ministry confirmed the meeting after Wong signalled she was open to a direct conversation

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Australia's foreign minister, Penny Wong, will meet her Chinese counterpart, Wang Yi, in Bali on Friday in a direct conversation that is a further sign of thawing relations between Canberra and Beijing after a diplomatic deep freeze.

After days of speculation, China's foreign ministry announced on Thursday night Canberra and Beijing's foreign ministers would meet on the sidelines of the G20 in Indonesia for the first time since 2019. Friday's meeting was later confirmed by Australian officials.

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