Penny Wong

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Penny Wong says she is open to meeting with Chinese counterpart ... (The Guardian)

Foreign minister confirms Australia's willingness to engage with China but insists 'coercive' trade sanctions must be scrapped.

And implicitly addressing concerns that Aukus was hatched in secret, Wong said Australia would “keep our key partners informed as we progress”. “It is up to all of us to work towards a strategic equilibrium in the region.” “We are more than just supporting players in a grand drama of global geopolitics, on a stage dominated by great powers. But in Australia, Farrell struck a more conciliatory note. “Regardless of the character of leadership Beijing chooses to demonstrate, we all have our own choices to make, and our own agency to exercise,” Wong said on Wednesday night. I think there are positive signs.”

'The world is looking at Beijing': Wong calls on China to try to stop ... (The Sydney Morning Herald)

Australia's foreign minister has left open the possibility of a meeting with Chinese counterpart Wang Yi at a G20 summit in Bali this week but ramped up ...

“We are more than just supporting players in a grand drama of global geopolitics, on a stage dominated by great powers. “Exerting such influence would do a great deal to build confidence in our own region. “This G20 meeting is happening at a critical juncture in history and will not be business as usual,” said Melanie Joly, Canada’s minister of foreign affairs, on Wednesday. “With Russia’s illegal invasion of Ukraine, Canada must show up to call out Russia on its lies and with our like-minded partners, provide solutions to Russia’s weaponisation of food and to address other challenges such as climate change and the COVID-19 pandemic.” “We do maintain the concerns we have raised publicly about the existence and continuation of what we regard as coercive trade and economic measures against Australia.” “Regardless of the character of leadership Beijing chooses to demonstrate, we all have our own choices to make, and our own agency to exercise,” Wong said. Singapore: Foreign Minister Penny Wong has ramped up pressure on China to convince Russia to end its war in Ukraine ahead of a possible meeting with her Beijing counterpart on the sidelines of a G20 summit in Bali.

China meeting 'in our best interests' (NEWS.com.au)

A meeting between Foreign Minister Penny Wong and her Chinese counterpart at the G20 would “be in Australia's best interest”, the opposition says.

“Is there going to be a reset? It’s a complex and consequential relationship. A meeting between Foreign Minister Penny Wong and her Chinese counterpart at the G20 would “be in Australia’s best interest”, the opposition says.

Penny Wong calls on China to exert influence on Russia to help end ... (ABC News)

Foreign Minister Penny Wong calls on China to use its influence over Russia to end the war in Ukraine and to show "restraint" in its dealings with smaller ...

In a major policy address hosted by the International Institute for Strategic Studies in Singapore, Senator Wong said that major countries with "influence" on Russia should use it to end the conflict in Ukraine. - Senator Wong says Australia wants to see a strategic "equilibrium" in the region to allow countries to "make their own sovereign choices" Australia's Foreign Minister Penny Wong has called on China to use its influence over Russia to end the war in Ukraine and to show "restraint" in its dealings with smaller countries in the region.

Wong open to engaging with China ahead of G20 meeting (Sky News Australia)

Penny Wong says she is open to meeting with her Chinese counterpart Wang Yi ahead of this week's G20 Foreign Ministers' summit as Beijing calls for ...

New to Flash? Try 1 month free. Stream more on politics with Flash. 25+ news channels in 1 place. Ms Wong said the Albanese Government would be “calm, considered and disciplined” in its engagement with China but warned any mends to bilateral relations would require the removal of "coercive" trade sanctions.

Penny Wong urges China to pressure Russia on ending war (9News)

Foreign Minister Penny Wong has urged China to exert its influence on Russia to halt the war in Ukraine.

Wong also urged China to show moderation in its relations with its own neighbours in the Pacific, stressing that would "give the region and the world greater confidence". Xi "noted the legitimacy of the actions taken by Russia to protect the fundamental national interests in the face of challenges to its security created by external forces," according to Moscow's official readout. In a speech in Singapore on Wednesday night, Wong said China should use its strong links with Russia to lobby for an end to the fighting.