Prime Minister Anthony Albanese hopes respect for the US president will be returned to him during a long-awaited meeting with Donald Trump in in Washington DC.

Mr Albanese locked in an in-person meeting with Mr Trump for October 20 at the White House while he was in the US for the United Nations General Assembly.

The confirmation of the October bilateral followed Mr Albanese meeting with Mr Trump for the first time at a gala dinner hosted by the US president for world leaders at the UN summit.

Mr Albanese said he did not feel the need to present Mr Trump with an offering at their meeting, as other world leaders have during White House talks, but said the relationship between the two countries was strong.

"I feel like I need to treat (Trump) with the respect that the president of the Un

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