Albanese defends cancelled talks with Trump, after meeting with US officials at G7 summit
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has defended the cancellation of a face-to-face meeting with United States President Donald Trump, following meetings with other world leaders and US officials at the G7 summit. Addressing reporters for the first time since the sideline meeting was cancelled, Albanese said Trump's focus was "completely understandable". "We'll meet soon, and I'm sure that that will occur. You know, from time to time, meetings are rescheduled. That's what happens," he said in Kananaskis, Canada. Albanese said Australia was not the only country to have its meeting with the US leader rescheduled.
"The [US] president has been engaged, obviously, with the circumstances around Iran and Israel," Albanese said. "That meant that the meetings that were scheduled — not just with myself, but with India, Ukraine, including [Ukraine] President [Volodymyr] Zelenskyy, Mexico and other countries, didn't go ahead today. "But we're all mature about that. We understand the circumstances which are there." Overnight, Albanese met with the US treasury secretary Scott Bessent, director of national economic council Kevin Hassett, and US trade representative Jamieson Greer. Australia's ambassador to the US, Kevin Rudd, was also at the talks, which the prime minister's office said focused on "trade, tariffs, critical minerals and rare earths". This is a developing story and this article will be updated.
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