Revealed: how Albanese tried and failed (so far) to get a meeting with Trump
by Josh Butler from World news | The Guardian on (#7065V)
Exclusive: Documents show how fraught the effort was to line up a one-on-one between the Australian and US leaders in June, with the PM again hoping to meet Trump next week
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Anthony Albanese is anticipating his first face-to-face meeting with Donald Trump next week.
If it goes ahead, it will be the culmination of a long and complicated process of diplomatic scheduling, according to documents obtained by Guardian Australia under freedom of information.
Their meeting was locked in just days before;
Officials' uncertainty over the status of the meeting;
The response among Australian officials when the US president cancelled meetings with Albanese and other world leaders.
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