PNG clears path to ink Australian mutual defence pact
Papua Yeni Guinea signed a security agreement that paved the way to serve Australia and its citizens.
Pukpuk Treaty bearing the name of the local word for the crocodile, includes a mutual defense agreement This is committed to helping the other in case of an armed attack.
The Pact would be signed by Prime Minister Anthony Arnavut and his counterpart James Marape during the celebrations to mark the 50 -year independence in PNG in mid -September.
However, at the last moment when the PNG government could not get the approval of the cabinet, the ministers were disintegrated because they were far from their voters during the celebrations.
The obstacle was cleaned on Wednesday and opened a way to officially sealed within a week, and Mr. Marape is expected to be in Australia for the NRL Grand Final of NRL on Sunday.
Mr. Marape said that the agreement was the “fastest, fastest, fastest, the earliest way to ensure the protection of the nation that does not have the defense power he needs to defend himself.
There were concerns that China was trying to initiate the agreement, but this was rejected by the PNG Prime Minister, who said there was no point of adhesion on the agreement.
Last month, the delay was due to PNG’s democratic processes.
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