Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi will visit two countries including Australia from the 17th of this month, and it is expected that there will be progress in improving relations on the economic front, including the removal of tariffs that China had imposed on Australian wine. .
Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Wang Wenbin announced at a press conference on the 14th that Foreign Minister Wang Yi will visit New Zealand and Australia from the 17th to the 21st of this month and meet with the foreign ministers and leaders of both countries. did. This is the first visit by a Chinese foreign minister to both countries in seven years.
Among these, relations with Australia had deteriorated after a conflict over an investigation into the origin of the new coronavirus, but the Albany Gee government, which was inaugurated a year ago, has been working to improve relations with China.
The Australian government has announced that it has received a message from China that it will remove the high tariffs that China had imposed on Australian wine by the end of this month, and that Foreign Minister Wang's visit will help improve the economic situation of both countries. It is expected that there will be progress in improving relations between the two countries.
On the other hand, there are also points of conflict between the two countries, such as the issue of an Australian writer being sentenced to a suspended death sentence by a Chinese court for espionage and being detained, so it will be interesting to see what kind of discussions will take place. will be done.