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Australia ’s Defence Minister Richard Marles said on Wednesday that Papua New Guinea had proposed a security treaty between both countries amid increasing tensions in the Pacific islands after China struck a security pact with neighbouring Solomon Islands . PNG Foreign Minister Justin Tkatchenko also told ABC Television he had discussed a security treaty with his Australian counterpart Penny Wong during her visit to Port Moresby on Tuesday, while Wong told ABC the discussions were in a “very early stage”. Solomon Islands has had a tense relationship with the United States and its Pacific allies since striking a security pact...
