Delay in security treaty with Australia as PNG consults 'domestic processes'

30/5/2023 19:02

        Papua New Guinea said a proposed security treaty with neighbour Australia would be delayed as it consults "domestic processes", a week after signing a defence agreement with the United States that sparked student protests.
        
        Papua New Guinea (PNG), a few kilometres (miles) to Australia's north, is being courted by China and the United States amid rising tensions between the two major powers.
        
        Washington and its allies are concerned at Beijing's security ambitions in the strategically located Pacific Islands region, after Beijing struck a security pact with Solomon Islands.