The White House has informally extended an invitation to Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull to meet with President Trump in Washington, D.C., in February, according to local reports.
News of a possible meeting between the two leaders comes as 11 other countries prepare to sign a revised version of the once-stalled Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal in Chile in March without the United States.
The White House did not immediately respond to inquiries from the Washington Examiner seeking to confirm whether an invitation had been issued.
The proposed meeting will be Trump’s second with Turnbull after a fractious telephone call following the president’s inauguration in January 2017.
The conversation, described by Trump as “the worst call by far,” concerned a refugee swap agreement worked out by former President Obama.
They later shook hands at a New York event in May marking the 75th anniversary of the 1942 Battle of the Coral Sea, which took place in the Pacific Theater of World War II.
The likely date for their latest meeting is reported to be Feb. 23, per the Australian newspaper.
