Australia's Albanese: Raised need for guardrails between U.S. and China in meeting with Xi

Australia's Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said on Monday in Beijing that the need for peace and security in the region was raised in his meeting with China's President Xi Jinping.

Australia's Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said on Monday in Beijing that the need for peace and security in the region was raised in his meeting with China's President Xi Jinping. "I walk away from the meeting satisfied that we have positive engagement between Australia and China," he told reporters.

Albanese said the "conflict in the world was raised", including the Russian invasion of Ukraine and the Middle East, in the context of "the need for peace and security in our region". Albanese said the so-called "14 grievances" China had held with Australia at the height of a diplomatic dispute were not raised in the meeting on Monday.

"I spoke about guardrails and military to military cooperation between the United States and China; that's important," he said.