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Australia foreign minister says China talks important first step

Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong arrives at the G20 Foreign Ministers' Meeting in Nusa Dua on the Indonesian resort island of Bali on July 8, 2022. Stefani Reynolds/Pool via REUTERS

Australia's foreign minister said bilateral talks with her Chinese counterpart on Friday, the first such meeting in three years, were an important first step towards stabilising relations.

"We've made decisions on the basis of our interest and China's interest. It will take time and effort," Penny Wong said in a livestreamed briefing, discussing a bilateral meeting with counterpart Wang Yi that took place on the sidelines of a G20 meeting of foreign ministers in Bali.

(Reporting by Zahra Matarani and Kirsty Needham; Writing by Martin Petty; Editing by Catherine Evans)

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