Anthony Albanese informs Xi Jinping that before ties can start to stabilise, China must relax its economic restrictions against Australia.

 Anthony Albanese informs Xi Jinping that before ties can start to stabilize, China must relax its economic restrictions against Australia

Anthony Albanese has said Beijing must comply with Australia's one crucial requirement before the connection can normalize ahead of his planned visit with Chinese President Xi Jinping coming weeks.

Anthony Albanese has emphasized once more that China must end its trade penalties on Australia to mend the relationship's rift.

As he embarks on a nine-day tour to Asia that includes high-level meetings in Bali, Cambodia, and Thailand, the Prime Minister is anticipated to have a meeting with China's President Xi Jinping.

As part of discussions of a diplomatic reset, the two leaders will meet for the first time since Malcolm Turnbull spoke with President Xi in 2016.

Before traveling to Malaysia for the South Asia Summit, Mr. Albanese discussed the potential of speaking with the Mandarin President with ABC radio on Friday.Australia will "of certainly keep our beliefs," he asserted.

We will also defend our Australian beliefs where necessary when something comes to our engagement with China, Mr. Albanese added. "Wherever we can, I want to see teamwork."

But the question of what Australia would seek in return from China to normalize relations after more than two years of crushing trade penalties was put to the Prime Minister.

As he gets ready to go to Thailand for the East Asian summit, he said on ABC Radio on Friday morning, "Well, first of all, to ease its economic penalties, they number around $20 billion.

Following requests for an investigation into the causes of COVID-19 from the former Morrison administration, China imposed several trade restrictions against Australian industry.

They had an effect on several important export businesses, including those for wine, pork, coal, barley, and lumber.

The wine business, the meat sector, and other industries that have been subject to sanctions do not support them, Mr. Albanese said, and China does not support them either.

This is a futile move since, in my opinion, Australia sells the highest-quality goods in the world to China. Additionally, normalizing the relationships makes it logical. The connection needs to stabilize, in our opinion.

Mr. Albanese also insisted that Australia will not change its stances on trade, values, or human rights after Beijing outlined four requests for the new administration to fulfill during its first three months in office.

He said, "Well, it's not up to me to make their argument; it's up to me to keep pursuing Australia's national interests.

We shall never waver in our commitment to upholding human rights or our loyalty to our convictions.

A conversation between the two presidents is expected to take place after a mouthpiece for the Chinese government suggested Beijing was becoming more flexible in relations.

The government-run China Daily, which published the editorial, asserted on Thursday that Beijing "values" its relationship with Australia and sees it as a crucial partner for communication and cooperation.

To reestablish mutual trust and set the path for the good and healthy growth of Sino-Australian ties in the future, it was said that the two nations must "meet each other somewhere by working together for the aim of mutual advantage and win-win cooperation."

It is undeniable that the two nations' relations have deteriorated recently, which has resulted in a decline in Chinese investment in Australia and a rise in trade conflicts between them, the statement stated.

The mutual interests of China and Australia, however, greatly exceed their disagreements, and since a new government led by Prime Minister Anthony Albanese took office in May, some headway has been made to ameliorate their tense relations.