‘Empty handed': Penny Wong's Washington tour turns out to be a ‘fizzer'
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has 'expressed regret' that US President Donald Trump's G7 meeting with Prime Minister Anthony Albanese had to be cancelled, according to Foreign Minister Penny Wong.
'This was meant to be Penny's peacekeeping mission – instead she's come back empty handed,' Ms De Giorgio said.
'A formal, scheduled – sorry, rescheduled meeting remains a hope and a prayer. But hey at least Albo can keep pretending that all is okay.'
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