Foreign Minister Penny Wong said it was “unfortunate” that a planned meeting between Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and US President Donald Trump at the sidelines of the G7 last month was cancelled, but would not be drawn on a date for potential future talks between the two leaders.
Wong spoke on Nine’s Today show following the Quad Foreign Ministers’ Meeting and talks with her US counterpart, Secretary of State Marco Rubio.
“It was an excellent meeting this morning, it reminded us how much our four nations share, how we can work together to meet the urgent challenges we face,” she said.
She did not comment on the certainty of a future meeting between Trump and Albanese, but said she was working with Rubio to reschedule talks, saying it was “unfortunate” their meeting at the G7 was cancelled at short notice.
“Obviously, Secretary Rubio and I discussed the meeting between the PM and the president. And just as he did when he spoke to me after the G7, he expressed his regret for the fact that the meeting had to be rescheduled,” Wong said.
“I obviously said we completely understood; I think the world understood the president had a fair bit to do, given what was occurring in the Middle East.
“We are working together on rescheduling the meeting, and we are both looking forward to the president and the prime minister meeting.”
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