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US President will meet Australian PM on 4th May in New York

US President Donald Trump will meet Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull on the 4th of next month in New York City as the two nations seek to repair a relationship strained by a row over an asylum seeker resettlement deal. <br/><br/>The meeting will be the first between the two leaders. Relations were strained after a telephone call shortly after Mr Trump's inauguration, during which he labelled the Australia-US resettlement swap agree to with former US President Barack Obama as a dumb deal.<br/><br/>Mr Turnbull said, the 75th anniversary of the World War Two Battle of the Coral Sea celebrations in New York City offered a chance for the two nations to reaffirm the alliance.

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