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New Australian Prime Minister: The relationship with China will remain difficult

Australia’s new center-left prime minister, Anthony Albanese, said today that his country’s relationship with China was expected to remain “difficult” after he was sworn in, hours before leaving for Tokyo, where he will attend a Quad summit with the president. US Joe Biden and the Prime Ministers of Japan Fumio Kishida and India Narendra Modi.

“It’s China that has changed, not Australia,” said the 59-year-old Labor politician, adding that “Australia must always stand up for our values ​​and the government I lead will do it.” .

Australia’s relationship with China, its largest trading partner, has reached its nadir in recent years, amid controversy over Chinese involvement in Australian domestic affairs, the origins of the new coronavirus, trade and more.

SOURCE: AMPE

Source: Capital

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