China and Australia look to keep ties on even keel after fighter jet incident
發佈日期: 2025-10-27 21:46
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China and Australia today sought to keep ties on an even keel despite tensions over military encounters in the South China Sea.
On the sidelines of the ASEAN summit, Chinese Premier Li Qiang told Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese that Beijing is ready to build a more stable and strategic partnership.
Li said he hoped Australia will provide an open, transparent environment for Chinese enterprises to invest in the country.
Albanese was also asked about last week's incident when a Chinese Su-35 jet twice released flares "very close" to an Australian aircraft over the South China Sea.
"Dialogue is about advancing our interests, managing our differences, but also dealing with each other in a frank and clear way," said Albanese
"China is our largest trading partner. One in four of Australian jobs depends upon trade, and China represents almost around 30 percent of the destination of our exports.
One the fighter jet incident, he said: "Well, we have disagreements and friends are able to discuss issues frankly, I did that, I did that directly. That's what we're able to do. It's important that we engage and that we engage diplomatically, that we make clear our position, which I did directly, which we did when the (aircraft) incident occurred."
Albanese :"Dialogue is about advancing our interests, managing our differences, but also dealing with each other in a frank and clear way. China is our largest trading partner. One in four of Australian jobs depends upon trade, and China represents almost around 30 percent of the destination of our exports. Well, we have disagreements and friends are able to discuss issues frankly, I did that, I did that directly. That's what we're able to do. It's important that we engage and that we engage diplomatically, that we make clear our position, which I did directly, which we did when the (aircraft) incident occurred."
