‘Treated like dirt’: face-to-face leader talks wobble

Anthony Albanese whitethorn again miss retired connected a sit-down with Donald Trump, aft Australia was near disconnected the US president’s database of meetings with world leaders.

In a briefing, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt did not notation Australia when speechmaking retired a rundown for the bilateral talks Trump plans to clasp successful New York aft helium arrives connected Tuesday (AEST).

The authorities has been trying to unafraid the archetypal face-to-face betwixt the pair, aft an earlier gathering planned connected the sidelines of the G7 gathering successful Canada successful June was cancelled due to the fact that of escalating violence betwixt Israel and Iran.

The hiccup comes aft the premier curate announced precocious connected Sunday that Australia, alongside its allies Canada and France, had recognised the state of Palestine.

Asked astir the designation of Palestinian statehood by US allies, Leavitt told reporters that Trump “has been very wide helium disagrees with this decision”.

“He feels this does not bash thing to merchandise the hostages, which is the superior extremity close present successful Gaza,” she said.

“It does thing to extremity this struggle and bring this war to a close, and frankly helium believes it is simply a reward to Hamas.

“He believes these decisions is conscionable much talk and not capable enactment from some of our friends and allies, and I think you’ll perceive him talk astir that tomorrow astatine the UN.”

Trump is owed to code the United Naton’s General Assembly successful New York connected US powerfulness astir the world and his administration’s achievements.

Opposition Leader Sussan Ley said Australia had a “long buying database of issues” that needed to beryllium discussed with Trump, including tariffs connected Australian goods and the $368 cardinal nuclear-submarine woody under the three-nation AUKUS partnership.

“We request the meeting,” she told Nine’s Today programme connected Tuesday.

“We request it to beryllium calm, we request it to beryllium considered, and we request our premier curate to beryllium there, standing up for our nationalist interest.”

The premier minister’s bureau is yet to respond, but furniture curate Amanda Rishworth skirted the contented saying Australia has a “very adjacent diplomatic relationship” with the US.

“He’s had a fig of telephone calls with the president and … arsenic he’s described them they’ve been warm, they’ve been bully conversations,” she told Nine.

But Liberal legislator Andrew Bragg was much direct, saying “Australia has been treated similar a portion of ungraded by this administration” under Labor.

“Perhaps sending (Kevin Rudd to the US arsenic ambassador) was really not successful Australia’s interests, and besides the way that Mr Albanese has conducted his diplomacy, he’s besides been a disaster,” helium said.

“We’re being punished, frankly, and it’s present very embarrassing.”

If Albanese does miss retired connected a bilateral gathering with Trump, helium whitethorn person a accidental to speak with him astatine slightest concisely astatine a world leaders’ reception connected Wednesday (AEST).

Source: AAP