Albanese's ‘private conversations' with Xi Jinping would have been ‘important'
'We don't know the details of the private conversations that he had with Xi Jinping and the Chinese Premier, and other officials, but it will have been important,' Mr Downer told Sky News host Chris Kenny.
'It's one thing to talk about trade issues and restrictions on trade.
'The really important issue with China is geopolitics, and the need for China to play a much more responsible rules-based role in the world.'
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