“Australia seeks to work towards productive and stable relations with China based on mutual benefit and respect,” Albanese told reporters.
“The co-operation and engagement between our two countries is always improved when there is dialogue when there’s discussion. That’s how you get mutual agreement.”
“Both sides stand to benefit from improving our relations,” he said in opening remarks to the meeting.
A trip to Beijing on the cards for Albanese
Following talks with the Chinese premier today, Li said Albanese was welcome to visit Beijing “within the year”.
It looks as if Albanese will take up the invitation.
“I look forward to visiting China later this year to mark the 50th anniversary of prime minister (Gough) Whitlam’s historic visit,” the Prime Minister said following the talks.
The last Australian leader to visit China was former prime minister Malcolm Turnbull in 2016.
Albanese has been considering whether to take up an invitation to visit Beijing, after breaking the ice with President Xi at last year’s G20 summit on the Indonesia resort island of Bali.