Papua New Guinea Delays Signing Australia Security Deal Over ‘Certain Wordings’

Papua New Guinea Delays Signing Australia Security Deal Over ‘Certain Wordings’
Papua New Guinea Prime Minister James Marape (C) arrives at the house of Governor-General Bob Dadae in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea, on May 30, 2019. Gorethy Kenneth/AFP/Getty Images
Aldgra Fredly
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Papua New Guinea Prime Minister James Marape said on May 30 that he had delayed signing a proposed security treaty with Australia as “certain wordings and provisions” require consultation with domestic processes.

Marape and Australia’s Deputy Prime Minister Richard Marles met on the sidelines of the Korea-Pacific Islands summit in Seoul, South Korea, to discuss the proposed bilateral security treaty.