Papua New Guinea approves defence treaty with Australia: PM

Will Australia’s defence pact with Papua New Guinea curb China’s Pacific sway?

Papua New Guinea’s cabinet has approved a bilateral defence treaty with near neighbour Australia, paving the way for the nations’ leaders to sign a landmark agreement that US allies hope will curb Chinese influence in the region. Papua New Guinea Prime Minister James Marape confirmed on Thursday that the treaty had been formally approved by his cabinet. “Australia has only one other mutual defence treaty of this type and at our request Papua New…

Papua New Guinea Cabinet approves defense treaty with Australia

Papua New Guinea’s Cabinet has approved a defense treaty with Australia, aiming to curb Chinese influence in the region. Prime Minister James Marape confirmed the approval on Thursday. He says the treaty, similar to a treaty Australia has with the…

Papua New Guinea approves defence treaty with Australia

Under the Pukpuk treaty, both countries are obliged to come to each other’s aid if attacked. Read more at straitstimes.com.

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'First in 70 years': Australia takes rare step in major blow to China

Australia and Papua New Guinea are on the verge of entering into a formal alliance, bringing our closest neighbour onto the same level of defence agreement as the United States and New Zealand and striking a blow against China's ambitions for greater influence in the Pacific.The defence pact, also known as the Pukpuk treaty, was meant to be signed by Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and his PNG counterpart James Marape last month, only for it to …

PNG cabinet green lights Australia defence treaty

Anthony Albanese left PNG empty-handed last month, but the PNG cabinet has now signed off on a treaty that will see the two nations work together on defence.