Big Donald Trump question unanswered
Deputy Prime Minister Richard Marles has refused to 'speculate' if he will meet Donald Trump on the sidelines of a NATO summit this week.
The US President is planning to meet with the Indo-Pacific Four (IP4) at the summit in the Netherlands, Nikkei has reported.
IP4 countries are Australia, Japan, New Zealand and South Korea.
They are not part of NATO but work with the alliance on shared interests in the Indo-Pacific.
Speaking to reporters in London overnight, Mr Marles would not confirm if a meeting with Mr Trump had been teed up. US President Donald Trump could meet Deputy Prime Minister Richard Marles at the NATO summit in the Netherlands. AFP / Ludovic Marin / NewsWire / Martin Ollman Credit: NewsWire
'I'm not about to speculate on what meetings I have at NATO,' he said.
'I'm really looking forward to the meetings at NATO.
'We'll work up our program of meetings which go alongside the main NATO meetings, and we'll take it from there.'
If a meeting went ahead, it would mean Mr Marles got to have a face-to-face with Mr Trump before Anthony Albanese.
The Prime Minister was last week weighing up whether to go to the summit after his scheduled meet with Mr Trump at the G7 fell through.
The US leader bailed on the dialogue in Canada due to the conflict in the Middle East.
Pressure has been mounting on Mr Albanese to secure another meeting amid fears AUKUS could be on the rocks and tensions between Canberra and Washington over Australia's comparatively low defence spending.
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