PM Anthony Albanese may attend NATO summit to meet with US president; embraces Ukraine’s Zelensky at G7 after Trump snub
Australia’s Ambassador of Washington Kevin Rudd joined the Albania, Trump’s National Economic Council Director Kevin Hassett and US Trade Representative Jamieson Greer. Later, he met the secretary of the US Treasury Scott Bessent for about 20 minutes.
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The discussions focused on the trade between the two countries, the US imposing a tariff on Australian aluminum, iron ore and other goods, and Australia’s desire to be a reliable supplier of critical minerals and rare worlds to the United States.
Albanian played the fact that he did not receive a call from Trump, as Sheinbaum did.
Iz We are mature about the conditions of what happened. It can be understood perfectly. We will plan a meeting again. This is from time to time. ”
On the last day of the meetings, Albanian, Britain’s Sir Keir Starmer, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, French President Emmanuel Macron, European Union President Ursula von Der Leyen and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.
As the G7 leaders gathered for the so -called family photo at the bottom of the magnificent Rocky Mountains of Canada, Albania embraced Albania Zelensky.
In the brutal war with Russia, Australia has been one of those who contributed to non -NATO aids, including arms systems, such as the Abrams M1 tank. Albanian and Zelensky met in Kiev before.
Arnavut and Starmer met in the last hours of the summit for discussions that focused on the AUKUS nuclear submarine agreement, which is currently studying by the US, and deepened the war and trade ties in Ukraine.
Starmer said that the bilateral relationship would “be stronger in my opinion”, which supported Albania with an invitation to visit the United Kingdom.
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Following the meeting with Starmer, Albania said the United Kingdom Prime Minister’s President of the United States still supports the AUKUS pact that still connects three countries.
“I haven’t seen anything otherwise,” he said. It is not for me to talk on behalf of others… But the Prime Minister Starmer made public statements, and the US Defense Secretary made a clear statement. “
At the beginning of the debate with Germany’s Merz, Free Trade Negotiations between Chancellor, Australia and the EU were restarted after waiting in October 2023.
The agreement stopped due to disputes that gained more access to the giant EU market on Australian farmers and disagreements in naming protection for European products such as cheese and wine.
With a brief change between Albanian and Merz, the German leader asked the following: mı Is there anything I can do to accelerate a little? ” He refers to the trade agreement in which Albanian answers, iz We are very enthusiastic to be done quickly ”.
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