Secretary of State Antony Blinken would attend a summit with Pacific leaders in Port Moresby. Read more at straitstimes.com.
that gives American troops access to the Pacific nation’s ports and airports, its leader said on Thursday, as Washington jostles for influence in the region with Beijing.
“We are elevating to a specific defence cooperation agreement, something that is falling short of a treaty,” he told a press conference.The agreements, which can be renewed every 15 years, will give the US vital movement in Papua New Guinea’s waters near sea routes to Australia and Japan, in return for access to US satellite surveillance, he said.
“The ports, the infrastructure... will not in any way stand to be exclusively used by the military,” he said.Mr Biden – whose uncle died in Papua New Guinea in the Second World War – cancelled a historic first visit to the most populous South Pacific nation next week because of domestic debt ceiling crisis talks.
Mr Marape said Papua New Guinea’s pact with Washington would not prevent it from negotiating such deals with other nations, including China.
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