The January riots in Papua New Guinea - Pearls and Irritations
The riots which erupted on Port Moresby in January have shocked many Papua New Guineans and observers outside the country.
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The riots which erupted on Port Moresby in January have shocked many Papua New Guineans and observers outside the country.
It’s been a busy 12 months for security negotiators in DFAT’s Office of the Pacific. The last year saw the signing – although not yet the ratification; that’s another story – of bilateral security agreements with Vanuatu (December 2022), Tuvalu (November 2023) and Papua New Guinea (December 2023)...
The preambles to agreements with Vanuatu, Tuvalu and PNG suggest that Australia wants to see a regional security community, says James Batley.
Australia and Papua New Guinea have signed a bilateral security framework agreement to strengthen military partnership and response to potential threats, the Australian Foreign Ministry said on Thursday.