The agreement came hours after China's Premier left Australia, and a month after reports PNG was considering signing a policing deal with Beijing.
Premier Li Qiang left Australia, came a little more than a month after reports PNG was considering signing a policing deal with Beijing.
The deal signed in Port Moresby yesterday will boost support for fighting financial crime, improve access to justice for young and remote people, and make the country's correctional facilities safer and more secure.where dozens were killed in a tribal gun battle earlier this year Li had barely left Perth when a huge Australian delegation including Foreign Minister Penny Wong, Defence Minister Richard Marles and Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus travelled north in a diplomatic show of force.
"A stronger and safer Papua New Guinea is good for PNG. It is also good for Australia, and it is good for the region," Wong said yesterday.PNG Foreign Minister Justin Tkachenko praised the countries' efforts to work together to reinforce "Pacific unity" and help each other in times of crisis."When it comes to China, they are a strong economic trade partner to Papua New Guinea, just like Australia," the foreign minister said.
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