A potential deal that would see Australia provide $600 million to help set up an NRL side in Port Moresby includes an assurance no security deal with China is signed by the Pacific nation, the ABC can reveal.
Papua New Guinea's chance at an NRL team may hinge on a pledge not to sign a security deal with China Papua New Guinea's chance at an NRL team may hinge on a pledge not to sign a security deal with China PNG Prime Minister James Marape said a promise not to sign a security pact with China was not the "main feature" of a deal to set up an NRL team in his country.
Australia announces a new program to help Papua New Guinea improve its weapons management as part of a series of initiatives aimed at strengthening the country's internal security. "I would not be in a position to say that that's the only reason why this has been happening," he told the ABC. In a sit-down interview with the ABC, he said the deal was about bringing Australia and PNG closer together."It's one element of the Albanese Labor government using every tool of statecraft to bring the people of the Pacific and Australia together and ensure that Australia is the partner of choice.""We make no secret of the fact that there's geopolitical competition in this region," he said.
"I think it shows that the real game that is going on here is very much about hard power, and it's all about Australia trying to thwart or stop Chinese influence in Papua New Guinea," he said.
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