Australian officials hope the ambitious Pacific-wide policing pact will help stymie Beijing’s energetic efforts to gain a security foothold in the region.
Australian officials are confident of locking in regional support this week for an ambitious Pacific-wide policing pact they hope will help stymie Beijing’s energetic efforts to gain a security foothold in the region.
Anthony Albanese and Tuvalu’s then-prime minister Kausea Natano struck a landmark pact at last year’s Pacific Islands Forum leaders meeting.Pacific police chiefs have compared the initiative to bodies such as EUROPOL and AMERIPOL that combat crime beyond national borders. A former COVID-19 quarantine centre at Pinkenba, near Brisbane airport, is seen as an ideal location for a regional training facility when it is handed over to the Australian Federal Police.Australian officials, who were not authorised to speak publicly, said they were confident the policing initiative would receive widespread support, despite the possibility of posturing from some Pacific leaders with close ties to Beijing.
“Australia will be at pains to demonstrate that this is a Pacific-led initiative, so it is important for Pacific leaders to endorse it and buy into it.” The Falepili Union will create a special visa pathway for the Pacific nation’s residents to escape the threat of climate change and give Australia effective veto power over any possible security pact between China.to prevent China and Papua New Guinea from striking a policing pact on the eve of a visit by Albanese to PNG.
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