Australia wants to stabilize relations with China but expects this to be a gradual process, Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong said after a meeting with her Chinese counterpart on Friday.
Speaking to reporters, Wong said that she had a “constructive meeting” with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi about a range of issues on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly in New York.
She told Wang that Australia’s government “will continue to speak on those issues we believe are necessary” and engage with China to stabilize relations that had been strained under the previous government.
“I think it is a long road on which many steps will have to be taken by both parties to a more stable relationship,” Wong said, according to a transcript issued by her office….