Papua New Guinea’s Cabinet has approved a defense treaty with Australia, aiming to curb Chinese influence in the region ...

Australia and Papua New Guinea have signed a major defense treaty, which Beijing claims unfairly targets China ...

Australia and Papua New Guinea will commit to defending each other from armed attacks as they face "emerging threats" to their security, a new defence treaty seen by AFP on Tuesday (September 16, 2025 ...

SYDNEY, Sept 17 (Reuters) - Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese signed a defence communique with his Papua New Guinea counterpart James Marape in Port Moresby on Wednesday after plans to sign a ...

(Andrew KUTAN/AFP/AFP) China cautioned Papua New Guinea against "undermining" its interests and sovereignty in signing a mutual defence pact with Australia widely seen as a counter to Beijing's ...

Lit by a pastel sky as the sun sets over Port Moresby's vast harbour, a group of young, athletic men toss a football on the beach. A few meters away on a faded concrete basketball court, teenagers ...

Australia, Papua New Guinea Sign Communique After Mutual Defence Treaty Stalls By Kirsty Needham SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese signed a defence communique with his ...

SYDNEY – A defence deal to be signed this week could see Papua New Guineans serve in the Australian military, Canberra said on Sept 15, the pact seen as an attempt to counter Beijing’s rising Pacific ...

China has urged Papua New Guinea not to sign any deal that might exclude or restrict third parties from cooperating with the Pacific nation, as Australia scrambles to clinch a landmark defence treaty.

Papua New Guinea’s Prime Minister James Marape (right) with Australian counterpart Anthony Albanese at the country’s recent 50th anniversary celebrations in Port Moresby. (AFP pic) China cautioned ...