Papua New Guinea approves defence treaty with Australia

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• Papua New Guinea approves defence treaty with Australia</p>

<p>ReutersOctober 2, 2025 at 4:07 AM</p>

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<p>Australia's Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Papua New Guinea's Prime Minister James Marape attend a flag lowering ceremony in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea, September 16, 2025. AAP/MICK TSIKAS via REUTERS</p>

<p>SYDNEY (Reuters) -The Papua New Guinea cabinet has approved a defence treaty with Australia, Prime Minister James Marape said on Thursday, as Canberra seeks to block China from expanding its security presence in the Pacific.</p>

<p>Under the Pukpuk defence treaty, Australia and Papua are obliged to come to each other's aid if attacked.</p>

<p>"Australia has only one other mutual defence treaty of this type and at our request Papua New Guinea will now sign this treaty," Marape said in a statement.</p>

<p>"This reflects the depth of trust, history, and shared future between our two nations."</p>

<p>The treaty would also allow as many as 10,000 Papua New Guineans to serve with the Australian Defence Force, under dual arrangements, the statement said.</p>

<p>The landmark treaty still requires ratification from both nations' parliaments.</p>

<p>The agreement was supposed to have been approved when Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese was in Port Moresby during celebrations of PNG's 50th independence anniversary two weeks ago.</p>

<p>The two countries agreed a joint communique on the text of the pact, after a meeting of PNG's cabinet lacked the quorum required to ratify it.</p>

<p>Albanese also travelled to Vanuatu last month but failed to secure a A$500 million ($330.70 million) security partnership because a coalition partner in the Vanuatu government called for further scrutiny.</p>

<p>Australia has sought to use the security deals to block Chinese influence in the region, after China struck a security pact with the Solomon Islands.</p>

<p>The United States struck a defence pact with PNG in 2023 to counter China's security ambitions.</p>

<p>The Pukpuk treaty also recognises that both PNG and Australia can maintain defence relationships with other nations, Marape said. "Provisions are in place to respect third-party relationships," he said.</p>

<p>($1 = 1.5119 Australian dollars)</p>

<p>(Reporting by Christine Chen in Sydney; Editing by Praveen Menon and Kate Mayberry)</p>

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