Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and US President Donald Trump will finally meet next month in the White House.

9News and Today have confirmed the two leaders will have their first official sit-down in Washington DC on October 20.

The confirmation comes after Albanese was left off a list of world leaders set to meet with Trump this week during the United Nations General Assembly in New York.

Despite having shared four phone calls mutually described as amicable, the pair have yet to meet face to face, though it is possible Albanese will speak with Trump at a reception held for world leaders in New York today (tonight US time).

The lack of face-time with the US president has been something Albanese's political opponents have seized on, particularly in the face of a Pentagon r

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