Speaking upon his
, Mr Albanese said there had been a “substantial breakthrough” in the cases of two Australians sentenced to capital punishment.
Mr Albanese did not name the Australians due to privacy reasons.
“The families have been informed and they’re very relieved,” he said.
“They passed on their thanks to the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade officials who’ve been working on this for some time.”
The prime minister said Australia was building a “strong relationship” with its southeast Asian partners, and
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He said the government also made representations on behalf of another case, with the government seeking an international prison transfer.
On a possible visit to China, the prime minister said authorities were looking at locking in a date, but there remained “dialogue” over the trip.
Mr Albanese said trade bans on stone fruit had been lifted.
“We want to see all of the impediments removed but we continue to engage,” he said.
“We think that dialogue is a positive thing, and if we can determine a mutually suitable date then I’ve said that I’m certainly up for travelling to China at some stage.
“That would be a positive thing.”