China

Chinese, Australian PMs hold talks

(Reuters)
Updated: 2006-04-03 13:38

Australian Prime Minister John Howard (3rd-L) and his Cabinet ministers face a Chinese delegation including Premier Wen Jiabao in a meeting in Canberra April 3, 2006. Australia and China signed a nuclear safeguards deal on Monday to allow Beijing to import Australian uranium for power generation, but an Australian minister said exports were unlikely to start for some years. [Reuters]