Newly re-elected Aussie PM to visit Malaysia, Indonesia and Canada

Newly re-elected Aussie PM to visit Malaysia, Indonesia and Canada

Anthony Albanese says he has held a ‘very warm’ congratulatory phone call with US president Donald Trump, during which they discussed recently imposed tariffs.

Australian prime minister Anthony Albanese plans to attend the Asean summit, which will be held on May 26-27 in Kuala Lumpur. (Bernama pic)
PETALING JAYA:
Australian prime minister Anthony Albanese, fresh off his re-election victory, has announced that he plans to embark on diplomatic visits to Malaysia, Indonesia and Canada in the coming weeks.

“My first international visit will be, just like the last time, to Indonesia. That was something that President Prabowo (Subianto) and I had discussed before. It’s something I intend to do,” Albanese told reporters in Moscow, as quoted by the ABC News broadcaster, reported Sputnik/RIA Novosti.

Bernama said the Australian leader had also accepted an invitation from Canadian prime minister Marc Carney to attend the G7 leaders’ summit in Alberta this June.

Observers note this could facilitate an in-person meeting with US president Donald Trump.

Albanese revealed he had already held a “very warm” congratulatory phone call with Trump, during which they discussed US-imposed tariffs.

Earlier in the day, The Australian newspaper reported that the re-elected prime minister also plans to attend the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) summit, which will be held on May 26-27 in Kuala Lumpur.

In September, the head of the Australian government will travel to Papua New Guinea to celebrate its 50th anniversary of independence.

Australia held parliamentary elections on Saturday. According to the latest election commission data, the ruling Labor Party won 87 out of 150 seats in the House of Representatives, the lower house of Parliament, allowing Albanese to once again take the post of prime minister and form a new government with members of his faction.

The leader of Australia’s Liberal-National Coalition, Peter Dutton, admitted the opposition’s defeat and congratulated Albanese on his victory.

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