Prime Minister Anthony Albanese is set to meet with key leaders as nations around the world grapple with rising inflation, supply chain difficulties and the pandemic recovery.
But the prime minister wants Australia to demonstrate a calm, mature and collaborative leadership approach in the face of these challenges.
Mr Albanese will travel to Cambodia on Friday for the East Asia summit, the first of many strategic leader’s meetings in the next nine days.
In Phnom Penh, Mr Albanese is expected to meet with his Cambodian counterpart Prime Minister Hun Sen and attend the ASEAN-Australia summit.
The summit comes as Cambodia and Australia mark the 70th anniversary of their diplomatic relationship.
Jobs, economic growth and regional resilience are expected to be high on the agenda.
Next week, Mr Albanese will join leaders from the world’s top economies at the G20 summit in Bali.
It will be the second time the prime minister has travelled to Indonesia since the federal election in May.
Indonesian President Joko Widodo has invited Mr Albanese and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to deliver a keynote address at the Business 20 Summit.
Food security, energy and global health will be topics of discussion at the G20.
But the fallout from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and the state of the global economy is also set to be a major talking point.
While Russian President Vladimir Putin will not attend, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy is expected to take part virtually.
United States President Joe Biden, Chinese President Xi Jinping and UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak are also expected to attend.
The summits will be an opportunity for leaders to discuss the economic instability faced across the globe in the wake of the pandemic.
“We must work together with our international partners to tackle inflation, technical skills shortages, to tackle climate change,” Mr Albanese told parliament on Thursday.
“That is how we can promote stability at home.”
Mr Albanese is also keeping his options open when it comes to sideline meetings with fellow leaders, saying he’s happy to talk to anyone.
He told reporters any dialogue among world leaders is a good thing.
“It will be an extensive nine days and a very busy nine days,” he said.
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