Like ANZUS, the risk of unenforceability of the PNG treaty is higher for Australia. Australia’s anxieties about China mean that it needs the treaty more than PNG does. Sanctions are the most ...

In a statement, Mr Marles said he wanted to take the defence relationship with PNG to the "next level" through a formal treaty. "The shared ambition for a treaty-level agreement would expand and ...

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Prime Minister James Marape made the statement on Sunday, just days after returning from a fisheries meet in the Solomon ...

CANBERRA -- Australian Defense Minister Richard Marles met with his Papua New Guinea (PNG) counterpart Billy Joseph in Brisbane on Thursday to open talks on a formal treaty-level defense agreement.

Port Moresby has agreed to work towards the treaty-level agreement despite its reluctance last year to give the same status to a bilateral security agreement to help PNG’s stretched police force ...

Defence Minister Richard Marles commenced negotiations on the treaty with his PNG counterpart Billy Joseph in Brisbane on Thursday, declaring the agreement would “enable our two defence forces ...

Like ANZUS, the risk of unenforceability of the PNG treaty is higher for Australia. Australia's anxieties about China mean that it needs the treaty more than PNG does. Sanctions are the most ...