SYDNEY (Reuters) -Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said on Sunday that China’s Premier Li Qiang would visit Australia next year on a trip that may include a stop at Uluru, the giant monolith in central Australia.

“Premier Li will visit Australia next year, we’ve discussed that,” Albanese told Sky News television, according to an official transcript of his remarks.

“Included in that was a discussion about a visit to Uluru that he expressed an interest in. I encourage that. I think that would be a very good thing to showcase Central Australia to what is after all well over a billion people,” Albanese added.

Uluru, the UNESCO World Heritage-listed 348-metre (1,142-foot) rock, famed for its deep red-ochre hues, is a top tourist draw despite its remote desert location near Alice Sp

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