Australia and Papua New Guinea (PNG) will commit to defending each other from armed attacks as they face “emerging threats” to their security, a new defence treaty seen by the AFP news agency says.

Last week, Papua New Guinea approved a new treaty with Australia, the Pukpuk Treaty, under which the two countries commit to defending each other in the event of an attack. Meanwhile, Australia is ...

Watch: We told China that Australia is our 'partner of choice', says Papua New Guinea PM Australia will gain access to Papua New Guinea's (PNG) military facilities and troops under a key deal that ...

SARAH FERGUSON, PRESENTER: Prime Minister Marape, welcome to 7.30. JAMES MARAPE, PNG PRIME MINISTER: Thank you. SARAH FERGUSON: PNG already has defence agreements with Australia. Why do you need to ...

Papua New Guinea is preparing to sign a Defence Cooperation Agreement with the United States, as it also finalises a security treaty with Australia. The defence agreement will focus on capacity ...

The Papua New Guinea-United States Defence Cooperation Agreement (DCA) was signed in May this year, to date, the most tangible example of Washington’s renewed engagement with PNG. And while the United ...

Australia has failed to secure a defence treaty with Papua New Guinea (PNG) that would have seen their militaries commit to defending each other in the case of an armed attack. Australian Prime ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Up to 10,000 Papua New Guineans could serve in the Australian Defence Force after PNG’s cabinet approved a historic defence treaty with ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Papua New Guinea will become the second Pacific nation to sign up to China’s massive Belt and Road Initiative infrastructure program, ...

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